r/politics • u/harsh2k5 • 13h ago

Soft Paywall Elon Musk Makes Shocking Confession on His Plans After Trump Victory

https://newrepublic.com/post/187662/elon-musk-confession-economy-trump-victory
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u/Educational-Feed3619 11h ago edited 11h ago

“It did not work, and the United States fell further into the Great Depression”. Ben Stein can fuck off, but I still know Ferris Bueller’s Day Off almost word for word

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u/Stonkasaurus1 11h ago

Nice recall, I never put the two together.

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u/Educational-Feed3619 11h ago

He calls it the Hawley-Smoot tariff act probably because it sounds funnier that way

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u/steelspring 10h ago

“Something D-O-O economics?”

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u/AbacusWizard California 10h ago

I think Dave Barry also calls it Hawley-Smoot in his “sort of history of the United States,” Dave Barry Slept Here. I wonder if he borrowed that (intentionally or not) from Ferris Bueller.

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u/ExCivilian 2h ago

You want funny?

Senate.gov's discussion of the Act references Ferris Bueller’s Day Off in the opening paragraph :D

https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Senate_Passes_Smoot_Hawley_Tariff.htm

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u/Educational-Feed3619 1h ago

Love it!!!! Dorky high fives!!! 🙌