"When you tax joy, you erode the small pleasures that make economic struggle bearable, and eventually, that backlash comes for you."
Accurate!!! Exhibit A: the Boston Tea Party 🇺🇸
I do wish that ordinary Americans were treated like citizens first and consumers second. Sigh.
In complicated news, LEGO is building a new factory and distribution center in the Richmond, Virginia area. While I do not know how long this has been in the works, or for what reasons, I can see how anyone could spin the new factory to tell any story about tariffs they want regardless of facts. Just a heads up, that's a thread you could pull on if you wanted to dive deeper into actual facts of tariff impacts on leisure products before someone else spins it!
"When you tax joy, you erode the small pleasures that make economic struggle bearable, and eventually, that backlash comes for you."
Accurate!!! Exhibit A: the Boston Tea Party 🇺🇸
I do wish that ordinary Americans were treated like citizens first and consumers second. Sigh.
In complicated news, LEGO is building a new factory and distribution center in the Richmond, Virginia area. While I do not know how long this has been in the works, or for what reasons, I can see how anyone could spin the new factory to tell any story about tariffs they want regardless of facts. Just a heads up, that's a thread you could pull on if you wanted to dive deeper into actual facts of tariff impacts on leisure products before someone else spins it!