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Tansy_Gold

(18,167 posts)
31. 10% is a wildly optimistic number
Fri Feb 21, 2025, 05:08 PM
Feb 2025

It makes no difference if he understands the impact or not. Nothing he does is based on logic. ONLY on his need to retaliate against anyone who opposed him. All those people who voted for Hillary. All those people who voted for Kamala. All those people who ever voted Dem, who elected Dems in their states, ALL OF THEM. Oh, gee, will some of his supporters be hurt, too? He doesn't care. (If he even thinks about them, it will be think they support him even as their kids are dying of measles, they're living in tents because they can't afford housing, and there's no more food in the grocery store than in a soviet supermarket.)

Look for unemployment to reach 25% or more -- that's what it was in 1933 -- before this piece of shit is done. And remember that in 1933, 25% represented only about 13 million people, mostly men.

January 2025 unemployment was at approx 4% with approx 7 million out of work. Now imagine 42 million out of work, many in families that depended on two incomes to survive, and then there are all the self-employed and small businesses that will be impacted.

"The recession is coming," Rep. Jasmine Crockett told Nicolle Wallace. "I told you here first."

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Trees Maninacan Feb 2025 #1
and sweep the forest floors neohippie Feb 2025 #4
insurance rates and fire recovery costs will skyrocket kiri Feb 2025 #19
Good luck Americans in rebuilding FalloutShelter Feb 2025 #26
Herbert Hoover was fond of tariffs. BOSSHOG Feb 2025 #2
Idiots....🤦‍♂️ ashredux Feb 2025 #3
And if they make stuff in America out of imported lumber IronLionZion Feb 2025 #5
He and the Republicans DENVERPOPS Feb 2025 #32
He clearly wants to destroy our economy. CentralMass Feb 2025 #6
Guess you can tack on 25% more to the cost of a new house, too. Vinca Feb 2025 #7
25% PhilG Feb 2025 #15
Koch industries must be thrilled. Buddyzbuddy Feb 2025 #8
that'll bring down the price of housing! rampartd Feb 2025 #9
yes markie Feb 2025 #13
We're looking at a housing market glut anyway Tansy_Gold Feb 2025 #30
In some cases a house is the only equity yorkster Feb 2025 #33
In MANY cases Tansy_Gold Feb 2025 #34
Moi aussi... yorkster Feb 2025 #35
Construction costs are likely to go up even more, then... AntiFascist Feb 2025 #10
In August, the Biden administration nearly doubled the tariff on Canadian softwood lumber. OnlinePoker Feb 2025 #11
Guaranteed to lower housing costs surfered Feb 2025 #12
A Trumper cabinet installer I know is about to experience FAFO. SunSeeker Feb 2025 #14
Always threatens tariffs but never follows through. Yavin4 Feb 2025 #16
The tariffs on China (10%) went through BumRushDaShow Feb 2025 #17
LOL...not today or yesterday. TANKING damn near 800 points today on his latest edict Bengus81 Feb 2025 #25
What is the sense of Made In America... ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2025 #18
He really does want to kill the economy. HarryM Feb 2025 #20
FOR FUCKS SAKE. "They" don't pay tariffs!!! DetlefK Feb 2025 #21
That'll really help inflation mdbl Feb 2025 #22
You betcha! BumRushDaShow Feb 2025 #23
Do it Trump and watch the entire building industry collapse Bengus81 Feb 2025 #24
10% is a wildly optimistic number Tansy_Gold Feb 2025 #31
That will bring down the cost housing doc03 Feb 2025 #27
Remember... as Dotard likes to say: 'Trade wars are easy to win.' Norrrm Feb 2025 #28
Trumponomics. To reduce inflation, raise the cost of the ingredients. bucolic_frolic Feb 2025 #29
In other words..."only The Rich should own homes" jmowreader Feb 2025 #36
Weyerhaeuser imports from Canada are the largest source of imported lumber into the USA PufPuf23 Feb 2025 #37
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