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markodochartaigh

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1. Well, the whole tariff thing was just a lie, like everything else in this regime.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 04:23 PM

15 hrs ago

But if anyone actually did want to reduce the trade deficit, a good start would be to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US so we would import less and export more.

I wonder why I never hear deficit hawk Republicans mention that.

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The trade war was never going to fix our deficit [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 15 hrs ago OP

Well, the whole tariff thing was just a lie, like everything else in this regime. markodochartaigh 15 hrs ago #1

I've heard a few do lip service to the idea... slightlv 13 hrs ago #2