frozenicecube@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 1 year agoTrump claims the trade deficit with Canada is a $200B subsidy. Experts disagreewww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down11
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minus-squarekibiz0r@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·1 year agoTrade deficit means you’re getting more stuff than the other side is. He’d rather have the dollars than the stuff? What are you gonna spend the dollars on if there’s no stuff? Isn’t “too many dollars chasing too few goods” the textbook definition of inflation?
minus-squarenyan@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 year ago He’d rather have the dollars than the stuff? I suspect that’s exactly the case. He sees money as an end rather than a means. A regrettably common disease.
minus-squareTheDonkerZ@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 year agoLike any common capitalist. Money is all.
minus-squaresunzu2@thebrainbin.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoMoney changers for ya… jesus warned us all about them.
minus-squareOutlierBlue@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year ago He’d rather have the dollars than the stuff? No, he wants both. That’s why he doesn’t pay his bills.
Trade deficit means you’re getting more stuff than the other side is.
He’d rather have the dollars than the stuff?
What are you gonna spend the dollars on if there’s no stuff?
Isn’t “too many dollars chasing too few goods” the textbook definition of inflation?
I suspect that’s exactly the case. He sees money as an end rather than a means. A regrettably common disease.
Like any common capitalist. Money is all.
Money changers for ya… jesus warned us all about them.
Typical capitalist
No, he wants both. That’s why he doesn’t pay his bills.