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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Yes, we should implement tariffs so we can totally fuck up the economy and make the cost of goods rise, to help Joe Manufacturer. Indeed. Lets do something that really screws up the retailers but good, so Wall Street can tank and drag a bunch of retirees portfolios and pensions funds down.
It's all tied together, Bob. You can't surgically redistribute wealth without adverse ripples everywhere. And you can't soak the rich. They're immune because of the way they have their money structured. You wind up soaking me and you.
We could play this bullshit game back and forth for weeks, and every solution you offer would have a counterbalancing painful effect on the pocketbooks of people you intend to help.
As to my insane wealth, I am thrilled to be so rich. If only somebody would just remind me where I put all those piles of money I'd sure appreciate it... I just seem to keep misplacing them. Terrible. Perhaps I'll have Jeeves tend to them in the future.
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You win. I say we simply turn control of the country over to the rich, since what's good for the country is what's good for Blackstone Capital, and vice versa.
And I'm also now in agreement with that right wing historian who points out that FDR really fucked things up with the New Deal, and that a little bit of laissez faire would have fixed the economy in 1933 rather than, as she proves, making the Depression worse and longer by foolish government interventions.
Point is, economic policy is inherently political. Naturally, like most people, you just prefer the policy that benefits you.
