r/politics • u/sweatycat New York • 1d ago

California to Negotiate Trade With Other Countries to Bypass Trump Tariffs

https://www.newsweek.com/california-newsom-trade-trump-tariffs-2055414
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u/ultralightdude Minnesota 1d ago

Good!  I hope MN joins the party.

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u/WazWaz Australia 1d ago

What party? California can't do anything about import tariffs, this is Newsom begging other countries not to retaliate because... reasons?

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u/WazWaz Australia 1d ago

Refund to who? With what funds? The importer pays the tariff to the federal government, not the state. And imports can be trucked anywhere in the US (indeed, often are, from CA).

Anyway, read the article. It doesn't mention any of the things people seem to be fantasizing about.

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u/Waesrdtfyg0987 Northern Marianas 1d ago

Nothing wrong with fantasizing. It's reddit we have zero influence on any of this.

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u/WazWaz Australia 1d ago

That belief is exactly why fantasizing is so bad for you.

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u/Waesrdtfyg0987 Northern Marianas 8h ago

Please explain

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u/WazWaz Australia 1h ago

Fantasizing that someone is going to solve your problems leads to having zero influence on the problems.

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u/Waesrdtfyg0987 Northern Marianas 1h ago

Being able to fantasize of a better day is absolutely a good thing. I'm on reddit to get away from my problems. They'll still be there when I get back and I'll address them then.

If it doesn't work for you then that's fine. I'm not telling you what to do, so don't tell me what to do.