manxu

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[–] manxu@piefed.social 110 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Please, consider donating to archive.org. They are under assault right now, and they are the only outfit that records everything that might get lost otherwise.

[–] manxu@piefed.social 28 points 4 days ago (2 children)

It certainly worked during COVID. Republicans said they'd rather die than give up their unmasked freedom. Hard to ask their graves if they regret that, though.

[–] manxu@piefed.social 11 points 1 week ago

Sort of. A unilateral tariff generates a trade imbalance in favor of the economy imposing the tariff. By applying commensurate tariffs in the other direction, you keep the trade balance you had before the tariff was imposed.