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Aussie105

(7,159 posts)

9. Tariffs are a regressive tax.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Aug 26, 2025, 10:47 PM

Aug 26

Substitutes confusion for certainty, make planning for the future more difficult, and the flow on effect we don't know about yet are a worry.

When consumer confidence goes down, spending tends to stop. Both on an individual and business basis.

Trump is sucking the life blood out of the economy, both in the US and elsewhere.
One bad decision after another, and no one in power daring to complain or suggest better.