• RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works
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    7 days ago

    I work for a wine importer. I literally have to sign legal documents attesting to the payment of tariffs before containers are taken off of ships. The amount of times this week I have had to explain that I do understand how tariffs work is too many.

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      6 days ago

      I used to work for an import/export middleman company a decade ago, data analytics, db management, executive report production, etc.

      I feel your pain.

      I’ve spent a decade now explaining basic economics to idiots, and my conclusion is America is doomed.

      Does it matter that I have degrees in Econ and Poli Sci? Years of experience with all kinds of data analytics work?

      Nope. Some idiot used car salesman has a gut feeling, some HVAC maintenance guy can’t grasp algebra.

      Therefore I am wrong.

      … and now we reap what we have sewn.

    • TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip
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      7 days ago

      Ooh actually could you type out that explanation cuz having a like, concrete “here’s a persons job who deals with this” way to explain it may be handy. (But also you don’t gotta if you’re super tired of it.)