From: Dhu on Gate <campbell@neotext.ca>
Newsgroups: alt.politics.trump,alt.politics,can.politics
Subject: Re: LOL... Moron Thinks This Is Inflation
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:44:38 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 17:38:41 -0500, Anonymous wrote:
> Alan wrote:
>> On 2024-11-10 22:10, AlleyCat wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 19:45:31 -0800, Derek Nash says...
>>>
>>>> Tariffs absolutely raise prices to consumers.
>>>
>>> That's not "inflation", moron.
>>>
>>> Manufacturers/producers can raise prices on their product ANY time
>>> they want AND in a steady low-to-no inflationary economy.
>> Except that when manufacturers/producers raise their prices, then people start
>> asking for salary increases and round and round it goes.
>>
>> Of COURSE tariffs will contribute to that spiral.
>
> Tariffs don't contribute to inflation. There is exact balance of inflationary
> and deflationary forces.
Tariffs localize their inflationary effects.
Dhu
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