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Wednesday, September 03, 2025

WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing contracted for a sixth straight month in August as factories dealt with the fallout from the Trump administration's import tariffs, with some manufacturers describing the current business environment as "much worse than the Great Recession." The Institute for Supply Management (ISM) survey on Tuesday also showed some manufacturers complaining that the sweeping import duties were making it difficult to manufacture goods in the United States. President Donald Trump has defended his protectionist trade policy, which has raised the nation's average tariff rate to the highest in a century, as necessary to revive a long-declining U.S. industrial base. read more


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It enriched the vast, overwhelming majority of Americans, not to mention the rest of the world.

Then explain why 60% of Americans cannot afford daily living expenses.

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Your myth falls into the same basket with tinkle down economics raining success onto everyone.

When taxes are cut for the top, the money doesn't rain down, their bucket just gets bigger.

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