We’re at the intersection of this thread and another Trump thread. May I just opine about Trump’s economic plan over here by pointing to a post I made over there:
Of the Trump-Biden tariffs, the Tax Foundation says, essentially:
We estimate the Trump-Biden tariffs will reduce long-run GDP by 0.2 percent, the capital stock by 0.1 percent, and employment by 142,000 full-time equivalent jobs.
Candidate Trump has proposed significant tariff hikes as part of his presidential campaign; we estimate that if imposed, his proposed tariff increases would hike taxes by another $524 billion annually and shrink GDP by at least 0.8 percent, the capital stock by 0.7…