Still waiting for one Republican to actually acknowledge that you can't (1) use protectionist tariffs to force cheap foreign goods out of the market in favor of more expensive domestic goods, and (2) lower consumer prices at the same time.
1. Should trump use tariffs at all with respect to china?
1. Sure, but in moderation, and only for very specific products. This article is a pretty good summary of my views on the issue -- https://www.piie.com/blogs/realtime-economics/2024/can-tariffs-be-good-thing
I will read the article. I have my own reservations about Hegseth but likely not the same as you.
"I question his backbone" is an awfully big caveat on Rubio though. That's my big concern as well. I think it's important for SOS in particular that he have both a conscience and spine, both of which he has repeatedly demonstrated he lacks.
1. I have heard zero liberals complain about Burgum, Bessent, Rubio or Bondi, except for policy disagreements.
I don't think this is too far off (though it notably omits that Gaetz, laughably, was Trump's first choice for DOJ). I don't anticipate any of that first group to have much trouble being confirmed; Bondi might be the closest due to her attachment to the 2020 election denialism.
1. Not tariffs on all goods. Strategically important ones, perhaps, but there are better ways of doing it than with tariffs. Tariffs are, generally speaking, stupid in almost all cases.
Eh, most of Trump's other picks are the standard issue "rich and influential people who supported/gave a lot of money to Trump's campaign." That's what you would expect from any Republican president. Do some of them probably have some dangerously regressive political ideas? Sure, but again, that's what you're gonna get from the current Republican party.
He already answered that question in advance, both in his first paragraph and his last one. Can you not read?
LOL... you be you.
It's not my fault you decided to show up and humiliate yourself more quickly than any other poster in the history of the board. I mean, you literally asked the poster a question -- a "serious question" -- that had already been answered twice. My 10 year old can understand what he was saying. Why can't you?
And why no conservative in my lifetime has backed tariffs. They still don’t, but a lot of republicans now do.
I am 1000% on board with the culture change trump and Hegseth want to bring to the military. He has the intelligence to do the job, however he lacks the wisdom and experience necessary to deal with the business side of the job. He understands the problems that have plagued the business side but he likely has no clue how to fix it and is going to be totally dependent on others. That isn't a good thing. I also think he will gravitate to spending so much time on the cultural part that the other things get neglected. We really can't afford that given the issues with modernization that need to be corrected.
Trump's use of tariffs have been beneficial in some regards. The stated use and the actual use haven't aligned and I suspect they won't this time. Where I disagree with him is in his use of tariffs as a threat, and the first line of negotiating at that. I don't think he will use them as he publicly states. Say what you want about him but he did major in economics at Wharton. I'm not claiming that made him an expert, but he does understand the negative effects indiscriminate use entails. When all is said and done, I don't think we will see tariffs used in a shotgun manner other than with china.
I'm suspicious about that degree.. He transferred in only after a family friend pulled some serious strings to get him admitted. He and his attorneys have threatened to sue any private or public school or testing agency that releases any of his grades or scores. Under those circumstances, I see no reason to believe that he earned a degree even if he has one.