• adarza@lemmy.ca
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    1 month ago

    they’ll pocket the difference, jack up prices, refuse bonuses next year, business slows, lay off half the staff, buy material on credit–maybe siphoning some of that off, bonuses are now a distant memory, jack prices up again. business slows to a crawl, lay off more. business falters. file bankruptcy with millions of outstanding debt to write off.

    just like their diaper-wearing idol would.

    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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      1 month ago

      Well you’re 💯 correct on what Trumps would do!

      As an individual small business owner however, they could have gotten caught in the squeeze between contracts and tariffs.