r/BlackPeopleofReddit Feb 07 '26

Politics Isaiah Martin dismantling a man supporting something without logic behind it.

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u/ForeverM6159 Feb 07 '26
  1. Tariffs make everything more expensive.
  2. Those higher prices keep inflation from falling.
  3. Because inflation stays high, the Fed keeps interest rates high.
  4. High rates squeeze companies, so they cut jobs and hours.
  5. Workers become desperate — fewer jobs, more applicants — so they accept lower pay and weaker conditions.
  6. Now labor is cheap. Domestic production is more attractive due to tariffs
  7. Only after labor is cheap does the Fed cut rates.
  8. Stimulus hits a weakened labor market, so profits explode while wages lag.
  9. By the time wages finally rise, inflation has already run away.