▲ | nis0s 5 hours ago | |||||||
> And everything Trump has done has benefited China and Russia at our expense. How do you mean? If you mean tariffs, then they’re raising revenues at an unprecedented rate. If you mean international relations, then that’s always a fluctuating state between self-interested agents. Nothing is ever really set in stone. | ||||||||
▲ | mindslight 5 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||
I mean every single different thing he's done. Raising taxes raises immediate revenue, sure. The problem is all the second order effects down the line. The only halfway sensible policy has been the $100k for H-1B, and even that is being implemented so ham-fistedly as to create pointless harm for individuals (ie diminishing the appeal of the US), while actually benefiting companies that hire foreign labor (one more thing to hold over employees' heads). But I'm not really looking to argue this for the umpteenth time with people who are still buying into the administration's marketing. | ||||||||
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