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Read this thread 🧵 It's a list of interesting easy to read tariff articles, well researched and sourced. You'll be impressive over the Holidays with your relatives 🤣😅😂😅☠️
I know almost everyone became a tariff expert overnight, but for those who still aren't, a list of @CatoInstitute pubs that might help:
On the long history of US tariffs:
cato.org/publications/proble… (by @PhilWMagness)
cato.org/policy-analysis/doo…
cato.org/commentary/bidens-n… /1
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Can we retire the label "neocon" from our analyses of possible Republican foreign policy people who might join the Trump administration? Even 20 years ago, the term provided little explanation. Today, it has no meaning, other than 'people I don't like.' Be more precise, please.
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The last aid bill to Ukraine passed the Senate 79-18.
In the House, 311 voted for the aid package, only 112 against.
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Headlines have already changed that stock market hit record levels once Trump was elected, what they fail to mention is it's been hitting record levels every week for the past month or so🙄
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It’s going to be wild to watch the Trump administration claim the election gives them a “mandate” to implement Project 2025, when they spent the entire election telling people they were actually against it.
And the media will largely shrug.
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We're not. Our enemies will have access to everything. Hopefully our (soon to be former) allies protect themselves from us.
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“aides say those [tariff] pledges weren’t campaign bluster, there are still questions about how to pursue them, through what legal authorities and when.” cnn.com/2024/11/08/politics/…
Lighthizer has been asked to return to the top trade role. How does the “Trump’s tariffs are just campaign bluster” crowd feel now?
ft.com/content/5003b5b9-7d36…
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People really have no fucking idea what they voted for.
God help us..
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A Putin victory in Ukraine— annexation of big chunks of land & people by invasion and occupation— is also a victory for Communist Xi, the mullahs in Iran and the terrorist allies Hamas and Hezbollah, and cray dictator Kim Jung Un. I assume future leaders of Trumps national security understand this obvious fact. I hope they will explain it to our new president.
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No, tariffs did not drive the 19th century industrialization of America: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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"New research shows how taxing imports a century ago hurt productivity, increased costs and invited corruption." 😲
No, tariffs did not drive the 19th century industrialization of America: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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“I have a mental illness that makes me think that people will change their minds if I present the correct arguments with the appropriate facts and data.”
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"The Biden administration is racing to complete Chips Act agreements with companies like Intel Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co., aiming to shore up one of its signature initiatives before President-elect Donald Trump enters the White House." 🤔 bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Umm:
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Seriously, folks, if you haven't read about the absolute shtshow 19th century tariff policy was in re political corruption and interest group lobbying, you should. It is some WILD stuff.
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Low key, China is going to invade Taiwan in a year or two and the world will be chipless. He's still out here quietly saving the world and no one cares
BREAKING: Biden rushes to finalize chip deals with Intel, $INTC, Samsung and other firms before Trump enters the White House, per Bloomberg