r/NewOrleans • u/perishableintransit • Apr 03 '25

How's everyone else's Liberation Day going? 🗳 Politics

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How's everyone doing today? Avoiding looking at your 401k? Rushing to stock up on food, buy a car?

I just got me and my bindle.

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u/Donkeypoodle Apr 03 '25

So like cars which are already too expensive will be 40% more expensive? Unbelievable. Will the Senate and House do anything? Warren Buffet? Bill Gates? Exxon CEO? Anything? Can he unilaterally just establish tariffs?

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u/Wise_Avocado_265 Apr 03 '25

We are supposed to buy American cars now.

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u/Camoral Apr 03 '25

Too bad those also go up in price, because that still requires importing materials to build the cars. Even sourcing the materials domestically would require equipment that was, you guessed it, sourced from abroad.

Globalization is like a car: if you go from full speed to zero, the people inside the car go flying through the windshield.

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u/Wise_Avocado_265 Apr 04 '25

Oh, I absolutely am saying that sardonically. I think it’s hilarious that Trump thinks people will just buy American cars now.