• @deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz
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      Thing is, basic economics is a high school subject, except:

      “Sir, when am I going to have to know how tariffs work in the real world?”

        • I don’t think mine even had it as an elective. We were too busy spending 2 years of history classes learning how nice the Pilgrims were to the natives. And this was in Massachusetts, which I believe ranks #1 in education in the US.

          • Billiam
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            182 months ago

            #1 in education.

            And also the only state in the country where every precinct voted for Harris.

            Surely that must be a coincidence, right?

        • @adarza@lemmy.ca
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          32 months ago

          tariffs, trade wars, and their effects surely were covered, or at least touched on, in a history class or two.

        • @Infomatics90@lemmy.ca
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          I was the idiot who though skipping school to partake in smoking weed was the better outcome of studying at school, although I do partially blame being bullied at school for me avoiding it.

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      A simple google search would have many credible sources giving the answer to what tarrifs are.

      But to the magats, only fox news has the truth.

    • @anomnom@sh.itjust.works
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      52 months ago

      I bet a big portion of that 9% shops at Walmart.

      Would been smart for Wally’s bottom line to maybe tell their customers about this before the fucking election.

      • @Seleni@lemmy.world
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        They don’t care. The owners of Walmart are some of the richest people in the world. So like all rich people they just figure they’ll hike prices and people will still pay (and they’ll have to, because Walmart tends to drive all its competitors out of town).

      • @CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.cafe
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        22 months ago

        They do not care, and the Waltons probably like Trump. They’ve got their money already. Waltons don’t care about America; they’ve been in bed with China since Sam died & they’ve been gobbling up the excessive profits for years. Cheap Chinese goods for low-ish American prices.