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Kitsune, Maskless Crusader.'s avatar

Thank you for this. Gives me more ammo in my fights against the tariff naysayers. I find that the stat on how few Americans own that much stock especially important. Yes, taking money from the few rich and spreading it out throughout the land is something that needs to be done. Shocking to hear myself think this but is not a situation where their financial success is due to these few outperforming the rest of us.

Read earlier today that more than 50 countries have called to ask for negotiations on the tariffs. I think this bolsters your thinking that the tariffs are just his opening bid, as it were.

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Kamas716's avatar

As I've stated elsewhere, I don't know if Trump's tactics will work for his goals - stated or otherwise. But I have seen him turn "conventional wisdom" by "the experts" into confetti so many times now that I'm willing to give him a long leash on this. And given his rising popularity in the polls, a bunch of other people apparently are too.

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