re: Annual inflation rate hit 2.6% in October

You feel poor because you are poor. You waste a lot of money on services you should be doing yourself. Learn how to do manly work and repairs. Stop worrying about soiling your hands. Man up

It's almost as if -- get this -- they aren't being entirely honest with us

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Let's check back in 12 months after Trump raises tariffs.

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He’s going to cause 40% inflation and claim you are a Nazi if you point it out?

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Bookmarked and I will post it

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Please do post it. I'm a big enough man to admit I'm wrong. I have no ego to defend.

I'm really curious where all of this affordable supply is going to come from when we don't have the resources domestically to produce most of what we consume. My only experience is in my industry, which is glass fabrication and associated metal/hardware/machinery. I have to import because domestic supply is either finite or non-existent for the things I need for my business. It would be a minimum of 3-5 years before any additional domestic supply could come online, and it would be sold at a massively increased price. If the tariffs are as proposed, my industry's only chance is getting exemptions.

My hope is that the tariffs are not as large as Trump campaigned on. He has some smart people around him, and I hope they can bend his ear and convince him that 60% on China and 10-20% on everything else is bad for business. I truly worry about a lot of small businesses surviving such huge increases in prices.

Do we need to encourage investment in American manufacturing? Abso-fricking-lutely. Do we need to encourage it with a sledgehammer? I don't believe so. I foresee too much collateral damage.