Not only online but even in my own friend circle. Example- one friend works as an engineer for a company that designs furnature and said that if the tariffs go on they'll have to close their business or lay people off to a graveyard shift, because they import all their wood and their margins aren't that great to begin with.
Trump will have to maneuver this well to bring our production back home without doing too much short-term damage, maybe give businesses an immediate financial incentive to begin buying local product and have some kind of safety net to prevent small businesses from going under. What are your thoughts frens
edit- oh and of course, the raging left is using this as a battering ram to harm support for Trump before he even takes office. It's a literal constant refrain right now on the lefty channels, along with deportations
example https://youtube.com/shorts/shNRJVs8_Zo
https://youtube.com/shorts/YjAKSxnioHE
https://youtu.be/3AAOLnbP_xU - this one claims Google is flooded with searches for "what a tariff means" and "can I change my vote" .. kek
https://youtu.be/wQQ0xfXuMYQ - this one CNBC saying the tariffs will cost American consumers 3.9 Trillion
Yes but the other side of the tarrifs is low to no income tax. So that money stays in the pockets of consumers that flow back to the economy creating a bigger economy. You can afford to pay more for certain products if you have more in your pockets. If no tarriffs the income tax money goes to the government to be spent on pet projects and an ever growing government. Economy does not benefit. All arguments I read only address the tariff price increases not "more money flowing to economy instead of Government. So Tarriffs + reduced taxes grow economy and income taxes is less money in consumers pockets hurting the economy and only grows the Government.