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JT45242

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2. They only have a hammer..and not the tool for idiotic tariffs

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Aug 21, 2025, 05:58 AM

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They have a tool designed to control inflation under large oligopolistic capitalism. Interest rates can alter behaviors... borrowing, spending, risk taking, the amount of new houses being built, etc.

You know what interests rates cannot impact...tariffs that cause inflation and cripple small businesses.

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