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Rick McKillop's avatar

Jamie ... great piece, clear and to the point. I will send you Paul Krugman's substack piece on trade wars and tariff's. Your article boils his larger piece down to a very specific and relatable example. Keep it up!

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jamie at lazy jamie's avatar

thanks dad!

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Sophie Ellsberg's avatar

Thank you Jamie. It's not that more US manufacturing is not a valuable goal, but that it takes a thoughtful process, not a sledgehammer. This is an important conversation. Good luck -- I love what you do.

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jamie at lazy jamie's avatar

exactly!!! and it takes TIME, it's not going to be an overnight change. thank you so much for the insight and for the kind words!

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Katie Stone's avatar

This was so helpful and so needed. <3

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jamie at lazy jamie's avatar

@Katie Stone i’m so glad it helped to contextualize! 🫶🫶🫶

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Lucy Siegel's avatar

Great piece, Jamie! You expressed so well the heart of the problem that you and many other small businesses will face. Because large businesses will also have to deal with these tariffs, and surely most of them will not choose the option of lowering their profits, you have demonstrated what we will all be facing as consumers and why.

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jamie at lazy jamie's avatar

thank you, lucy! that’s another topic to get into, how ultimately the cost will be passed off to customers for businesses to remain viable

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Melissa Forbes's avatar

This is a powerful piece. You do a great job illustrating the true impact of tariffs on small business. I am so sorry for you and everyone facing this existential crisis.

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jamie at lazy jamie's avatar

thank you so much @Melissa Forbes! i’m glad this helped to contextualize it for small businesses <3

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