Viewed through (Trump's) economic lens it's a power move. 200,00 is 10% of the 'active' drivers. Even if there is 250,000 unemployed truckers, there is friction - it takes time to match each jobseeker with their new employer.
However truckers are inherently mobile, which eliminates friction due to relocation.
And the 'lost' jobs are in blue states with blue-hair leaning employers.
This reshapes the economic landscape into local zones of intense labor shortage, inside a national market that has abundant supply.
This 1. imposes an economic penalty (fine or tax) precisely targetted at blue hairs in blue states.
2. invites the rest of the country to take advantage of the market imbalance
Trump is merely restoring what should always have been the case = by doing it large scale, he's making tactical use of economic structure to amplify a BAU situation (replacing an employee) into a significant cost to the assholes who caused the problem.
This is not Trump cracking down on illegals. This is precise, calculated 5th generation warfare against the deep state. P.A.N.I.C
Viewed through (Trump's) economic lens it's a power move. 200,00 is 10% of the 'active' drivers. Even if there is 250,000 unemployed truckers, there is friction - it takes time to match each jobseeker with their new employer. However truckers are inherently mobile, which eliminates friction due to relocation. And the 'lost' jobs are in blue states with blue-hair leaning employers.
This reshapes the economic landscape into local zones of intense labor shortage, inside a national market that has abundant supply.
This 1. imposes an economic penalty (fine or tax) precisely targetted at blue hairs in blue states. 2. invites the rest of the country to take advantage of the market imbalance
Trump is merely restoring what should always have been the case = by doing it large scale, he's making tactical use of economic structure to amplify a BAU situation (replacing an employee) into a significant cost to the assholes who caused the problem.
This is not Trump cracking down on illegals. This is precise, calculated 5th generation warfare against the deep state. P.A.N.I.C