Tariffs and the Weakening Dollar, BBS 2026 Day 1
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0:00A: What things come to mind for you specifically?
0:01B: The trade wars, the, um, uh, what do you call it, the, um, what is the thing that they’re doing, the, um --
0:09A: Tariffs.
0:09B: The tariffs, right. The tariffs could impact people. You know, our allies such as Canada are saying, well, we may not want to depend on the U.S. government because they’re beating us over the head with tariffs. And the tariffs are coming down because, you know, the The everyday person pays the tariffs. The companies, you know, when they had that big refund, the companies got the refund from suing the government over tariffs. But did we see any of that money? No. So these kind of policies and the work that the U.S. government is doing against our allies means that our currency, our economic way of life could be jeopardized and weakened over -- It may not be permanent, but it will definitely impact us over the next 20 years.
