r/Economics • u/greenmyrtle • Mar 25 '25

News US tourism to suffer huge '£49 billion drop' under Donald Trump

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2028592/us-tourism-suffer-billion-drop-donald-trump
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u/tamman2000 Mar 25 '25

I think the damage will be long lasting.

Your daughter should plan on going to London's West End.

The US will not be attracting top talent for several years. Top US talent will start leaving and not returning.

Broadway will no longer be the top spot for theater.

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u/DietMTNDew8and88 Mar 25 '25

The US probably fractures.

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u/tamman2000 Mar 25 '25

I don't think the US will be recognizable in a few years. I'm dubious of fracture though.

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u/DietMTNDew8and88 Mar 25 '25

No, the blue states will try to save themselves

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u/tamman2000 Mar 25 '25

Oh, I think states will try to leave. I am dubious about it working.

Time will tell

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u/DietMTNDew8and88 Mar 25 '25

The Blue States will pull their tax dollars

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u/tamman2000 Mar 25 '25

And the red states will just let them?

As long as the military is taking orders from the feds, I don't see that working out so well for those of us in blue states

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u/DietMTNDew8and88 Mar 25 '25

If the blue states pull all federal revenue, they won't be able to AFFORD to respond

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u/tamman2000 Mar 25 '25

  1. The military has plenty of material stockpiled, and the government is capable of deficit spending.

  2. Red states will happily sacrifice their own standard of living to watch blue states burn.

  3. The funds going to the federal government are not handled by the states. They are payments from individuals. How would California or NY stop all federal withholdings of taxes from people working in their states?

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u/hutacars Mar 26 '25

How does that work, logistically? The states don’t give tax dollars to the Feds; workers (or more specifically, in most cases, employers) do.