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		goodtakes 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. Economy Contracts at 0.3% Rate in First Quart... That's a very surface level analysis. You have to consider root causes... how did we get here? Not just "what symptom am I experiencing right now?"

SpicyLemonZest 8 months ago [–]

I actually do not have to. I care about developing opposition to the tariffs so that they’ll be removed, not sociological theories about why some particular politician came to support them. If the tariffs were popular among the general public, it might make sense to do a root cause analysis, but they aren’t.

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