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Back when the left didn't hate tariffs
« on: April 11, 2025, 01:21:40 AM »
The internet doesn't forget.

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/donald-trump-bernie-sanders-trade-221506

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DANE, Wis. — Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump are barnstorming Wisconsin with at least one promise in common: By taking apart trade deals and imposing tariffs, they will bring back the highly paid blue-collar jobs of the industrial past.

But many economists say that’s little more than an appealing fantasy. And the reasons are on display at this small metal fabrication shop tucked into rural Wisconsin farm country.
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