Las Vegas is America’s “canary in the coalmine.”

Las Vegas sees drop in tourism, hinting at broader economic woes facing the U.S.

Hawley’s own proposal is essentially an unintentional confession of how tariffs work in reality. They don’t punish foreigners for producing foreign goods in foreign countries! They are a tax on imports, paid by the importer and the cost eventually paid by the consumer, even if the importer eats some of the tariff.

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Reg,

What gets me is Josh Hawley has proposed that every American get a $600 rebate check from the Federal Government to offset the tariffs. What is that saying if not that the costs of tariffs are ultimately borne by the end-user consumer?

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THINGS ARE LOOKING UP!!!…

for Canada.

@Unseen – I hope I was not read by anyone to be saying they want to completely destroy the economy.

No, not at all. However, I did entertain that thought myself at one point, when Trump allowed his sycophants to make a lot of money when he said “Now would be a good time to buy shares”.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
It’s not unreasonable for you to suspect that parts of Project 2025 could have economic consequences that are more than just “collateral damage”.  I think harm to the economy is seen by those behind Project 2025 as an acceptable price the country will have to pay, rather than a deliberate policy to wreck it.

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