SadKangaroo wrote on Feb 3
rd, 2025 at 11:34am:
The US should strive for greater self-sufficiency, but is a recession really the best way to achieve it?
Given Trump’s track record, especially while in office, his follow-through rarely extends beyond executive orders. His latest economic playbook is no different. Instead of laying the groundwork to strengthen local manufacturing before implementing tariffs, he’s gone straight for the blunt-force option: tariffs first, no real industrial strategy to support them.
The result?
Economic pain for ordinary Americans, with little to no gain, particularly in the short term.
And yet, you actually trust that Trump has some grander plan? Have you even looked into Project 2025 and what it outlines regarding government support for local industry?
Spoiler: it doesn’t prioritise subsidising or supporting local manufacturing at all. Instead, it’s a blueprint for slashing government involvement in the economy, cutting subsidies, and dismantling programs that support domestic industries.
Put simply, more incentive for the free-market to continue to prioritise profit over jobs, moving more things offshore and with the tariffs raising the prices their international competitors have to charge, they'll just raise their prices to match for more profit.
That leaves Trump with one economic lever: tariffs. No strategy, no investment, just economic disruption under the delusion that manufacturing will magically return. This isn’t leadership, it’s reckless economic vandalism.
And yet, you’re all cheering for him.
meh
america will be successful if the people are optomistic and free.
that translates to a president with extreme self belief and an end to over regulation.
trump, musk , doge are all steps in the right direction.
lets not forget that the size of government is an anchor around the economy
and with 95 % of washington voting democrat, its pretty obvious they think trump is going to take the blowtorch to them
that can only unleash entrepreneurial spirit and the mighty engine of small business, tech and entrepreneurs.
america succeeds or fails based on the enterprise of these people.
trump is the perfect catalyst for diminishing government
and elon is the perfect catalyst for unleashing entrepreneurial activity.
the fact trinkets on temu are going to cost 10 % more is of significance only to those stuck in consumer culture (the takers), trump is about helping the creators, the lifters, the risk takers and job creators.
and remember the equation
success = competancy X self belief
trump isnt that competant but he makes up for it in self belief
and thats what the USA needs
self belief
self love
patriotism
an end to self attack and white guilt which erode self belief
Strange. A short time ago you were saying how good free trade is. DL should hit the golf course, you said, bang Melania and leave the country in the hands of the "noble capitalists" over at America Inc.
Now Melania's got him in the dog house, he's taking it out on the capitalists and Real Americans, who are stuck holding the bill. DL's holed up back in D.C with a pocket pussy, a wet towel and Walt changing his sheets.
But that's okay. In four year's time, you've got Ron D waiting his turn followed by the "noble Stanley McCrystal" and all the other chumps you supported in 2024.
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