re: Economist Oren Cass explains the tariff madness

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Or he is another dweeb that was in Jacob’s law class.

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He was to drunk for law class

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That was before his health problems, though

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Did you intentionally include 2 grammatical errors in such a short response?

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These are the baws that want to make national policy.

There is an interview on NHK (Japanese media) with Mr Cass that I read this morning. Here it is:

NHK

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"Some analysts have taken the threat of 'reciprocal tariffs' to mean literally holding a mirror up to the tariff regimes of other countries... there’s no reason to believe that’s what the administration is pursuing."

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And remember, he wrote this on Feb 24, 2025... not April post tariffs.

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All addressed by Oren Cass.

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The fact that the administration is either intentionally or unintentionally misleading the public is not addressed by Oren Cass.

Nor is the imbalance of trade created by the fact the poorer countries cannot buy as much from the US as they sell to it. Slapping tariffs on those countries will lower how much they sell to us, but it will not boost how much they buy from us.

It will lower the trade deficit, but that means higher prices and less productivity, i.e., a worse economy.

Could this mean more manufacturing jobs in the US? Probably. Will it mean fewer jobs overall? Also probably.


Best case scenario is that this is a bargaining tactic to lower some trade barriers. That's a win.

But that is NOT what Oren Cass is arguing for.

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Your people don’t care about poverty

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Exactly. We want self sufficient middle class folks.

You are getting left behind because you refuse to improve yourself. I hate poverty, and the USA has the best shot at escaping it of any nation inthe world if you have any drive.

But youre addicted to policies that will keep you poor.

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So wait a second. You voted for Trump and you are for more government intervention and handouts. The world has gone bonkers.

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Can you read?

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The fact that the administration is either intentionally or unintentionally misleading the public is not addressed by Oren Cass.

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It is. Right there in the links provided.

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I know one thing 100%, if Trump's economic policies prove to be successful over the next 12-16 months and the American people are doing much better as a whole, you will be the first person to drop an OP acknowledging Trump was right and RogerTheShrubber was just a little bit wrong.

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You have nothing to worry about.

They will not "work" unless you people keep shifting the purpose of tariffs. One day its "reciprocal, the next punitive, and the following "to create jobs."