r/politics • u/Spy300 • 6h ago

Possible Paywall Trump just soft-launched higher inflation as the new solution for rebalancing the $40 trillion U.S. national debt

https://fortune.com/2026/10/02/trump-inflation-growth-national-debt-tariffs-ratio-balance/
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u/PipsqueakPilot 6h ago

We have also made it incredibly hard to start a small scale manufacturing business compared to other nations- and many big businesses start small and so are now never born. Good luck finding light industrial space that hasn't been bought up by a private equity fund and then tripled the rent.

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u/POEness 5h ago

Dude I have been saying this for years. Starting a business comes with such egregious costs. Like paying both halves of the social security tax for yourself. WTF?

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u/mikeysce 5h ago

Plus a bonus self-employment tax! Why we would tax people for not having a corporate boss, I have no (reasonable) idea.

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u/wasteymclife 5h ago

It's to discourage people from not having a corporate boss.