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The inconvenient truth about tariffs and what must be done. [1]
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Date: 2025-04-08
Steve Rattner explained all the intricacies of Trump’s tariffs. Most importantly, what must be done going forward to prevent the further destruction of the economy.
The inconvenient truth about tariffs.
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The video critiques the harmful effects of tariffs on the American working class, highlighting how both neoliberal Democrats and conservatives enabled the offshoring of jobs and manufacturing. It underscores that regressive tariff policies, especially under Trump, hurt workers domestically and globally while enriching corporations and shielding the powerful. Steve Rattner’s analysis screams for progressive alternatives to rebuild the economy from the bottom up.
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Tariffs disproportionately harm working-class Americans by raising prices and failing to bring back lost jobs.
working-class Americans by raising prices and failing to bring back lost jobs. Both major parties enabled offshoring and deindustrialization through neoliberal economic policies.
offshoring and deindustrialization through neoliberal economic policies. Trump’s trade war caused significant financial damage, including $6+ trillion lost in stock market value.
caused significant financial damage, including $6+ trillion lost in stock market value. Poor countries like Bangladesh and South Africa face devastating tariff rates, exposing the cruelty and incoherence of current policy.
face devastating tariff rates, exposing the cruelty and incoherence of current policy. Progressive solutions proposed include public investment, price controls, and a worker-centered manufacturing policy.
This video lays bare the bipartisan betrayal of the American worker and the cynical scapegoating that fuels regressive trade policy. Instead of punitive tariffs and empty nationalism, progressives must lead with bold, equitable solutions that rebuild domestic capacity, prioritize labor over capital, and extend solidarity beyond U.S. borders.
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