8mo ago

Trump tariffs would cost Houston dearly, economist warns – Houston Public Media

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Trump tariffs would cost Houston dearly, economist warns | Houston Public Media

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Really glad people are tackling these issues now that it's officially too fucking late to do anything about them. Good work!
- Our newspapers are owned by Trump loving billionaires so they sanewashed the fuck out of him
  "Trump is proposing a 100% tariff on all imports from China, BUT Kamala wants to increase taxes on anyone who makes over $10M!!!"
- They had a horse race to run.
  Because they are "objective" and "both sides"...
Parts of Texas are fairly blue (mostly the southern half). If dems would push to split Texas into multiple states, they’d get more electoral college seats. And these new states would get better representation.
- If Trump really does remove large parts of government and raises the tariffs that way, things are going to get interesting in the Houston area. A
  I’m wondering if the people behind him really do want to do all this or if he is full of hot air. I doubt, for all his bluster he that independent. If they want to do this, then it must be a deliberate decision to paralyze the country for some reason. Why, I have no clue.
  I guess we find out in January and February what so many of our futures will be
  
  Houston proper doesn’t vote for Trump. The burbs do.
  https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/election/2024/article/kamala-harris-election-houston-harris-county-19893680.php
  https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Despite-national-result-Houston-area-goes-blue-10606238.php
I'm going to make sure I call it a "donvict tax" and call it "donvictflation" whenever I'm within earshot of redhats or suspected redhats.

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