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		Workaccount2 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Economists made a model of the U.S. economy. Our d... That isn't alternatively, it's parallel. Trump is an idiot and may or may not understand any of this. But his economic team does have a plan. My comment just outlines that plan.

maxerickson 9 months ago [–]

Expecting people that don't exist to take jobs that are lower value than working at McDonalds is not "a plan".

Plenty of US manufacturing already pays close to retail wages and these geniuses want to reshore stuff with much lower value add. It's delusional.

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