goosecat wrote on Nov 9
th, 2024 at 6:06pm:
Trumps Summarised USA Economic Policy Foundational Basis[/size]
"Higher energy production = lower energy prices = lower production costs = new production incentives = more manufacturing = more jobs
You'd think then he'd understand that,
Adding tariffs when there is no local option, forcing US consumers to pay 20-60% more for those goods = rising inflation = rising interest rates = lower income and working families paying more for necessities = a Trump recession
All while he's giving rich Americans and companies tax cuts, claiming China will pay with the tariffs when it will be predominantly funded by his core voter base paying more for everything.
Unless he nationalises or at least provides socialised subsidies to the local manufacturing industry to grow it before he implements the tariffs, they'll be heading into the Trump Recession 2.0, the last being masked, luckily for Trump, by COVID.
That won't be very capitalist of Trump. In fact, it's more like socialism...
So I can't see him rebuilding those industries before implementing the tariffs, especially when he's claiming the tariffs will be the tool to bring back manufacturing, which implies it will be used first.
I'd be getting ready, if I was in the US, to take photos of the prices of all the staples, fuel, bread, eggs, meat, fresh fruit and veg etc, and then in 6 months, show in the increased prices on a meme with a photo of Trump saying "I did that!".
But the only way to increase local energy production (aka Oil) and manufacturing will be to strip environmental and industrial relations protections and regulations.
So Americans will be sicker and paid less, with worse access to healthcare in a recession.
2025-2028 are going to be great for the people.
As long as Trump's billionaire class are happy, that's all that matters.
And of course, he pardons himself of all his federal crimes.