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by mythrwy 3405 days ago
Possibly these people don't want help and retraining from the Clinton campaign.

What they want is tariffs to rise and immigration to be restricted to the point their labor is worth something again.

Will this happen? And if it does will they be able to step in and fill the jobs? I'm not confident but I think that's what is desired. Not government programs.

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> What they want is tariffs to rise and immigration to be restricted to the point their labor is worth something again.

No, what they want is time to rewind to where it was when they were doing well. They've been sold the lie that immigration restrictions and tariffs will achieve (or at least approximate) that.

> Will this happen?

No. In fact, rising tariffs will (indirectly) make their labor worth less.

"the lie"

debatable.

You are free to present your argument.
That is my argument.