Comments by "" (@badluck5647) on "Why Economists Hate Trump's Tariff Plan | WSJ" video.

 @RR-et6zp America has a 4% unemployment and Trump wants to deport 20 million people. Where are those manufacturing jobs going to come from?
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@bodigames Smoot-Hawley Act. Look it up.
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@jameswheeler-69 I was asking because I thought the answer was obvious. Based on the comment section, they probably needed you to spell it out for them.
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@Brianuwu622 Can you honestly tell me that using global trade wars, like the ones the ones preceded the Great Depression, to justify more deficit spending is a good idea?
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@bodigames The Wallstreet crash triggered an economic recession. The following trade wars turned the global economy into a Great Depression.
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It was simple. They would have already done it.
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@daviddrake5991 That is more of a sign of long-term skepticism of the future of the oil industry that companies don't want to build long-term investments like new refineries that can refine the oil pumped out of American soil. Plus, I'm sure a large ad campaign bought on Truth Social from Gazprom and Saudi Aramco will change Trump's mind on oil imports.
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