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The pain increases with time, but we don't have a time machine so what is the alternative?

the current strategy seems to be the equivalent of taking a chainsaw to someone's chest and calling it heart surgery. I don't know how to do a heart transplant, but I know the tools require some amount of subtlety.

This. There's always two ways to do things: the right way and the wrong way. And they chose the wrong way.

This isn't 1971 where Nixon could tell the world "suck it. our dollar, your problem" because America was the sole hegemon.

Today, there is a rival player. China. Its a completely different game.

Invest in economic zones. Enforce the usage of the investment into infrastructure and not stock buybacks. Rebuild industry. Then establish tariffs to cement it.

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