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>>herber+(OP)
It's pretty hard as an indicator to miss this, considering that it's one of the very rare times a government loudly and proudly declares it's going to intentionally cause a recession.

>>former+o3
A lot of supporters of the trade restrictions don't care. They're working people who don't own a lot of stocks and all they've seen is their jobs sent overseas.

To them, it doesn't even matter if things get "worse" for a while. Their life is already meeting every economic headwind imaginable.

>>bill_j+W5
> every economic headwind imaginable.

Freaking what? Are they food insecure? Facing a military onslaught. Come on.

>>tmpz22+H6
The local food bank I donate to sends out a quarterly newsletter and the number of families it serves has more than quadrupled since 2020.

I think this is the primary reason the Democrats have been losing, clearly voters are feeling economic hardship in a big way, and ignoring it or belittling the point is what lost voters.

We can't focus on social issues when the hierarchy of needs isn't being met.

>>SteveN+Q7
Historically a lot of Republicans have derided poverty statistics and poverty programs because the people on the programs “all have big screen TVs”[0]. I’m not sure the politics are as clear cut as you indicate.

[0] https://www.heritage.org/poverty-and-inequality/report/air-c...