Piff Perkins
Veteran
Economics is largely a psuedo science. So i wont get too wrapped up in that. I think we can all agree the status quo wasnt working. If only we had real thinkers willing to get into politics and allowed to make these types of drastic moves![]()
Economics is not a pesudo science. And I'm tired of the "status quo isn't working" bit. Do you burn your house down if things aren't going perfect? Would you push your car off a cliff if you were having a bad year? The existence of set rules does not mean they should all be thrown out if you want to make things better.
Liberal and conservative economists and politicians have agreed on this for nearly 100 years. There may be debate on whether a certain, set amount of tariffs can be good/bad but you won't find a single economist who thinks blanket tariffs and the suspension of free trade is a good idea. It's insanity, and will raise prices on nearly everything we consume unless something is done.
That shyt destroyed the republican party in congress for decades, ushered in FDR and created the consensus we had until one man said fukk all that. It's insanity.