

It helps push the tax burden further down the wealth hierarchy in combination with tax cuts. It also raises the price of goods, temporarily boosting profit margins. It’s actually a really effective way to suck capital out of the population, and it will benefit hundreds if not thousands of Americans.









Also, so what? There are Chinese spy bases in the US and US spy bases in most countries. If that was a casus belli, we’d be in the middle of a world war right now. Might as well accuse Cubans of farting in the general direction of Guantanamo.