lol pass. it's way funnier watching you completely change your argument mid-discussion.
If you say so. It's almost like you realized you can't put your problem into words because it's nonsense!
china is our ally.
Ah yes, the turbofascist dictatorship with literal concentration camps for undesirable ethnicity groups and a military build-up with the intent of invading one of our actual allies is somehow our ally. Truly, you are a wizard of geopolitics.
for one thing, it absolutely does. they recommend increasing tariffs only on materials deemed critical to the economy while negotiating the others away.
Where?
for another thing, their analysis does not calculate or estimate the net effect of the tariffs. they quantify the overall cost to the us economy (e.g. it's a tax on poor people), and they assert some of the benefits (e.g. decreased trade deficit). but since they don't compare the two, i can't tell you why they recommend their proposals other than "they believe the benefits outweigh the costs."
Hmm, what proposals do they recommend? You're dancing around it now, previously you said they didn't make any. I seldom see someone change their stance mid-post!
for another another thing, none of this matters
Ah yes, the classic retreat to "well ackshully this argument doesn't matter"
what's that got to do with 25% tariffs on literally all products from canada and mexico? or raising all tariffs on all chinese goods by 10%? sorry, but that's an absolutely horrifically fucking stupid economic policy, and you should feel super silly for defending it.
idk my bff jill, I never argued Trump's plan was a good idea. My problem was your "tariffs are bad dumb because muh economy" argument that I think you've already accepted was obviously wrong.
In short, the increases in U.S. tariffs in 2018 resulted in reductions in U.S. manufacturing exports, output, and employment; accelerated producer and consumer price inflation; and diminished household welfare, especially for lower-income households.
i think that's bad. i think vastly expanding the scope of things that are bad is even more bad.
Imagine telling Ukraine that they shouldn't fight Russia because it makes their quarterly GDP outlook worse. Imagine telling Germany it should keep buying Russian gas because buying it elsewhere hurts their economy.
You still obviously haven't read the RAND report. Maybe you should, I don't know, actually read it?
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