Krystal Ball had a great op ed in The Hill with those eight words from my title. It kind of nails down what I like about the tariffs.
Democrats should listen to the people they are supposed to represent and start advocating pro-worker policies, period. If we spent more time on pro-worker policies and less time feeding the macroeconomic demands of our corporate overlords, maybe we wouldn’t have President Donald Trump.
Krystal runs the Peoples House Project which seeks to elect Democrats to places people think we can’t win.
If people can think past their own personal portfolio for a couple seconds they might understand the appeal of tariffs. All that trickle down stuff from a good economy ain't happening. It’s a question of dealing with change or dealing with pitchforks.