More tariffs paid by US consumers

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(06-12-2019, 08:01 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Nah, Germany's much more reliant on Russia than us, so they are the most likely allies.

But what we do have is folks arguing the a smaller economy growing at a slower rate is somehow better.

Welcome to PnR in Jungle Noise. 

I would rather have a smaller economy growing at a slower rate if it meant improved infrastructure, lower debt, higher wages, better housing security, guaranteed healthcare, etc., etc. We have a tendency to argue for growth for the sake of growth, forgetting the people that are trampled on in order for that growth to occur. We have a government ignoring that role of providing for the general welfare, all for the sake of larger corporate profits and larger stock market gains.

I'd gladly pump the brakes on our economy if the tradeoff were stronger social programs for the citizenry, which is what countries like Germany and the Nordic states have done.