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Surprised Pikachu - you mean to tell me that tariffs didn’t result in manufacturers happily deciding to ramp up domestic production and creating more jobs for A
by loloquwowndueo 1y ago
Surprised Pikachu - you mean to tell me that tariffs didn’t result in manufacturers happily deciding to ramp up domestic production and creating more jobs for Americans in need? Who’d have thunk.
- hypeatei 1y agoUnpredictable tariffs specifically. Even if one disagrees with tariffs, you can still roll them out in a predictable and legal manner. Cooking up a national emergency then changing them arbitrarily is a recipe for disaster. Legally they don't seem to be valid either (how does an emergency require tariffing the entire world?), but of course the federal courts are letting them stay in place while it works its way up to SCOTUS.
- loloquwowndueo 1y agoWell said. Thanks for the clear distinction!
- mindslight 1y agoThe only type of "jobs" Trump is interested in are the ones he used to get on Epstein's island.
- xrd 1y agoIt's a rarity these days that I chuckle when I read HN, but I just did. Lol.
- general1465 1y agoIf tariffs would be aimed for final goods, while inputs remained untariffed, then maybe it could work. But the moment when Trump started issuing blanket 20-30-60-100% tariffs, the whole plan essentially imploded.
- Freedom2 1y agoQuite a few HackersNews commenters thought so.
- add-sub-mul-div 1y agoYou made me think of the quote: "Elizabeth Holmes didn't 'fool all of America'. She fooled techbros and venture capitalists which is considerably easier."
- unmole 1y agoIs Henry Kissinger a tech bro? Is the New Yorker a VC publication?