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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Short term loss for long term game.
    Loss for many, gain for some. Note that there's also opportunity costs lost as in where consumers might also have spent the charge for the tariff.

    Don't get me wrong, while I see it as an economic loss, it can be a political gain if the right businesses and industries recover here and make America more self-sufficient.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    Loss for many, gain for some. Note that there's also opportunity costs lost as in where consumers might also have spent the charge for the tariff.

    Don't get me wrong, while I see it as an economic loss, it can be a political gain if the right businesses and industries recover here and make America more self-sufficient.
    Lost for most if we let china dump items on our market and destroy all of our businesses.
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