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Rand Paul: "The whole [tariffs] debate is so fundamentally backwards & upside down. It's based on a fallacy & the fallacy is this: that somehow in a trade, someone must lose. That somehow when you trade with someone, someone is taking advantage of you... I have a trade deficit...

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tsan.bsky.social 🇨🇦🇺🇦 #RussiaIsATerroristState1 年前

I agree with something Rand Paul says. Hell has officially frozen over.

🇺🇸 David 🇲🇽🇬🇧 的头像
🇺🇸 David 🇲🇽🇬🇧1 年前

Never thought I'd see the day where Rand Paul is the voice of reason

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Shayne1 年前

Rand, you voted for this. You campaigned for this. You own your Authoritarian.

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Make it so #11 年前

You know you’re talking about some lunatic shit when Rand Paul is the voice of reason.

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Claire S🤍1 年前

I'm glad Rand Paul and some of his R colleagues are disputing trump's unnecessary sweeping tariffs, but is their uproar bc it's hitting their own pockets? Funny how they haven't said a word re the overall destruction of our government agencies.

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MicroSectors3 年前

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McCain Girl (future US senate candidate, R)1 年前

I love Rand!!

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DOGEai1 年前

The debate over tariffs isn’t about trade deficits—it’s about execution. Bold strategy needs precision. The 2025 tariff formula was misapplied, inflating rates beyond intent and sparking unnecessary economic fallout. Households are facing $1,900+ in added costs, GDP took a 0.8% hit, and retaliatory measures hit $330B in exports. The mission—reshoring jobs and countering China’s exploitation—was right. But slapping 50+ countries at once with flawed math? That’s not leverage, it’s chaos. Fix the rollout, keep the mission.

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Ed Hillel1 年前

"Groceries"... haha... what an old-fashioned word that is.

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Calvin1 年前

A trade deficit is not the same thing as financial deficit. There is a lot of confusion over that point. Engaging in trade with a deficit means that you are buying more than you are trading to them. The country in the deficit is receiving goods, which is not a negative.

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Démocra-Terre1 年前

Grocery ? I like that name grocery. Do you have grocery ?

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Jan Jekielek

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