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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: tedthedog ⎊  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: OT, out
Date: 03/18/25 10:39 AM
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Regarding 'hand wringing' about T-bills -- it's not an emotional response but a rational one.

Stephen Miran, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, has published a detailed plan, see below, to radically change the U.S. economy (involving tariffs, devaluing the dollar, etc), radically change the global economy, and radically change global geopolitics (alliances etc). Scott Bessent, Treasury Secretary buys in. The plan involves tariffs, Trump has long liked tariffs.

In this thread tedthedog writes on OT: GillianTett Interview on tariffs etc I posted an interview with Gillian Tett discussing the plan, a link to the Miran paper, and a NotebookLM audio summary of the Miran paper (it's dense).
If they succeed in this radical transformation then perhaps things would be great. Or not.
The risk in trying this radical restructuring is immense.
For more, see also this thread mungofitch writes on OT also: FT on investment taxes
To think that Trump would not back a radically restructuring is belied by his allowing Musk to try to radically restructure agencies that run the U.S. government.
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