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[gruez → hackernewds]

And this isn't even limited to Biden. The Trump presidency enacted a variety of protectionist measures.

[YeBanKo → gruez]

Protections is not the same as buying votes by paying off someones student debt with tax payers money.

[TechnicalVault → YeBanKo]

Protectionism buys campaign contributions for your next election. All those companies whose market is protected by a tariff suddenly magically decide to contribute to the politician they asked nicely for it at the next election or they find he flip flops on it.

[cqqxo4zV46cp → YeBanKo]

You could classify any government action that actually benefits people as “buying votes”. This a thought-terminating do-nothing argument.

[specialist → hackernewds]

Should governments not set policy backed with incentives?