> the majority of households will not be able to survive for long if they have to spend an extra few thousand to stay where they are today.
The median American household has an income of around $78,000 [0]. They can survive the blowback. The Trump admin on the other hand will not.
As a Sullivan, Raimondo, and IRA supporting Dem, it's a win-win for me. Harsher policies against China have been enacted which will not be rolled back (just like how the Biden admin let Trump 1 era tariffs remain) and it will cause a severe blow as midterm fundraising season has started. The NY by-election for Stefanik's seat itself proved that the tariffs and DOGE have made plenty of purple to light red seats vulnerabile.
The median American household has an income of around $78,000 [0]. They can survive the blowback. The Trump admin on the other hand will not.
As a Sullivan, Raimondo, and IRA supporting Dem, it's a win-win for me. Harsher policies against China have been enacted which will not be rolled back (just like how the Biden admin let Trump 1 era tariffs remain) and it will cause a severe blow as midterm fundraising season has started. The NY by-election for Stefanik's seat itself proved that the tariffs and DOGE have made plenty of purple to light red seats vulnerabile.
I wrote some thoughts about this recently [1]
[0] - https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/SEX255223
[1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43574128