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The Problem is NOT a Trade Imbalance, it's a WEALTH IMBALANCE between rich and poor in OUR OWN COUNTRY!

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/05/economists-take-issue-with-trumps-tariff-formula-arguing-rate-is-inflated.html


Economists take issue with Trump's tariff formula, arguing rate is inflated

The formula the Trump administration used to calculate his tariffs is bewildering economists.
Erin Doherty (CNBC)

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Katherine Bond
Katherine Bond
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Those same billionaires sent our jobs overseas and are now “protecting us” with tariffs. They killed American jobs.
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Tom Grzybow
Tom Grzybow
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Those same billionaires sent our jobs overseas and are now “protecting us” with tariffs.

Ironic. And it's not going to work to that purpose.

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Katherine Bond
Katherine Bond
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Absolutely not. If they could bring jobs back, it would take decades. It took decades to destroy Made in America.
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Tom Grzybow
Tom Grzybow
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Waterbury was the "Brass City". All those things which were made out of brass are now made out of plastic - if they are even made now at all...
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Tom Grzybow
Tom Grzybow
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... except for plumbing fixtures. It would be great to see some of those things made in Connecticut again. I was working in those factories even as they were closing...
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