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Russell Huegel

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Welcome to America, Interrupted. Attorney, recovering political obsessive prone to relapse, baseball fanatic, 80s music lover, Gen-Xer, husband and dad from NJ. 🚫DMs

  1. Tariffs or taxes trade deflationary for higher prices. Higher taxes tend to take dollars out of the economy which lowers inflation but the tariffs raise prices. Consumers wont be able to tell the difference when they pay higher prices which may counter the easing of inflationary pressure.

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  2. Basically half the country couldn’t care that the POTUS traumatizes the victims of Epstein over & over again especially when he calls it a “hoax.”

    Virginia Giuffre’s brother: Calling it a hoax is a complete disgrace to everything that my sister has worked for, everything these survivors have worked for and continue to fight for… And that feels very uncompassionate coming from somebody that’s the leader of our country.

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  3. A listing of some of the tariffs that went into effect as it’s been difficult to keep up with the Central Planning Office.

    Its official- “wide-ranging tariffs went into effect at 12:01 a.m. ET on Thursday, just as economic fallout from months of threatening them is surfacing in visible damage to the economy”

    More than 60 countries & the EU 15% & up

    Canada at 35% Brazil 50%

    Taiwan, Vietnam and Bangladesh 20%

    U.S. President Donald Trump's wide-ranging tariffs are expected to go into effect at 12:01 am ET, Thursday, just as the economic fallout of the president's months-long tariff threats creates visible d...

    Live updates: Trump's new tariffs go into effect around the world

    U.S. President Donald Trump's wide-ranging tariffs are expected to go into effect at 12:01 am ET, Thursday, just as the economic fallout of the president's months-long tariff threats creates visible d...

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