Ben Sasse (R-NE): "Make America Great Again" shouldn't mean "Make America 1929 Again."

[BumRushDaShow]

re: the trade war that is now in full effect.

Link to tweet

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Senator Ben Sasse
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@SenSasse

About those new tariffs: Europe, Canada & Mexico aren't China. You don’t treat allies the same way you treat opponents. Blanket protectionism is a big part of why we had a Great Depression. "Make America Great Again" shouldn’t mean "Make America 1929 Again."
11:30 AM - May 31, 2018

Of course we all know that there is a remedy for this and they wield the power to make it so. But they won't because they really believe that denial is just a river in Egypt, a place they probably couldn't find on a map in any case.

[OldHippieChick]

1. Gee, nice tweet there Ben. How about you and your other n'er do well Rethug Senators

telling Cheeto!!! We already know this!!!

[Caliman73]

2. Look at Sasse, going with the Hawley-Smoot reference!!

[Thomas Hurt]

3. this is not about stable international trade or the economy...

this is about sticking it to others out ideological vindictiveness and maybe even manipulating the market to him, his family and his cronies benefit.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. It's an intentional international "shake down"

in order to manufacture a "pay to play" agreement, where countries can get "exemptions" in exchange for greasing the palms of the "family".

Of course the ones who pay the price for "non-cooperation" are the American citizens.