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To: JayGalt
This sentence for example makes no sense “It is easier to bring back industry to the US when we are not running massive deficits.” The two issues are isolated with no correlation.

Wow....

Okay, when you run large deficits - and especially when we are in the territory in which we are now in fiscally - the result is either 1) inflation or 2) higher interest rates. Or both. A recent illustration of this is how Moody's downgraded U.S. credit.

Both of those conditions -- inflation and higher interest rates -- make capital investment more difficult. And large-scale capital investment is going to be required to expand domestic U.S. manufacturing. Therefore, running high deficits is going to make it harder to bring back U.S. manufacturing.

A lot of the stuff in Trump's bill amounts to payoffs for a populist campaign, which I didn't support then and do not support now. Buying votes/support with government money is what the left has done. But now, it seems to be GOP policy as well. I don't blame in the least Paul and those other Republicans who are calling this stuff out.

75 posted on 05/25/2025 1:56:11 PM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin ( )
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To: Bruce Campbells Chin

We are not going to agree and I am not going to continue to refute your assertions. Moody’s is a looking backwards assessment. It’s based on Biden’s watch. Your assertions on what causes inflation owe much to economists who have been consistently wrong.
I am going to agree to disagree here since we obviously have basic differences in viewpoint Thank you for a cordial exchange.


77 posted on 05/25/2025 2:00:38 PM PDT by JayGalt (Fight! Fight! Fight!)
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