115 upvotes, 3 direct replies (showing 3)
Yay ! Free markets !
Wait, what ?
Comment by rainorshinedogs at 01/12/2024 at 14:47 UTC
9 upvotes, 0 direct replies
In other words, the phrase in The Apprentice is reversed:
"It IS personal, it's NOT business"
Comment by TheFireFlaamee at 02/12/2024 at 09:42 UTC
1 upvotes, 2 direct replies
International free trade is what nuked out industrial base. Terrible policy.
Comment by JiuJitsu_Ronin at 01/12/2024 at 06:29 UTC
-28 upvotes, 13 direct replies
Just like it’s our right in individual economic transactions to leverage better positions for ourselves, it’s the US’s right to better leverage positions for ourselves.
I know it’s easy to relegate our position on the international stage to being a doormat and a piggy bank, since we can just keep printing money, but now we have someone that is looking out for American interests.