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dutch777

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1. Good, paint the whole GOP with these cost issues for 2026 election. So much could be done if...
Thu Feb 5, 2026, 10:33 AM
Yesterday

....the administration actually could plan and execute with some logic. They could do a nationwide grid and electricity generation improvement program like the Federal Highway construction work of the 50's and 60's. They could have put in place an onshore manufacturing initiative BEFORE imposing tariffs. But they just like symbolic performative acts that at best do nothing and at worst are causing rising costs for many and so much chaos that businesses are afraid to make major multiyear capital investments because rules may change on a whim that could take any investment from smart to unprofitable.

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