Jared I want to ask you about word in the less than a week to go before the election I know you can't talk about the election but can you say a few words about what you think the impact would be of the tariffs that um former president Trump has s uh you know has proposed in terms of you know the inflationary uh impact and what can you do now over the next three months if he were to win the election to secure the the changes that have been made policy-wise that have you know allowed the
kind of positive trends that you've uh you've outlined here well on the tariffs uh there have been numerous outside analysis of the impact of not just the tariffs but an agenda that has sweeping tariffs 60% on China 10 or 20% on All Imports coming in uh uh de uh deportations and compromising the independence of the Federal Reserve uh outside analysts have correctly labeled that as a pretty toxic inflationary brew and I very much agree with that um so uh the first point is that um I think it's uh I think that the consensus among the
um at least economics Community is that that is an agenda that pushes exactly the wrong way uh if we're trying to help households deal with price pressures with cost pressures but then if you if you then consider repealing the uh uh the IRA uh now you're talking about taking a direct hit on measures that are actively in place legislative measures that are at work in the economy lowering the cost of prescription drugs lowering the cost of Health Care coverage lowering the cost of insulin those are those are action items that are in the economy helping
families as we speak to repeal those is to raise those prices um in terms of uh your second question was oh how so look I mean I'm not going to get into kind of the politics of uh of what one Victory would be relative to the other as you say I can't talk electoral politics I do think it's important and interesting to note that the Investments that this president and vice president have overseen have gone to all parts of the country and have disproportionately gone to places that have been historically Left Behind places that have
suffered from hollowing out by the loss of factories by the loss of manufacturing jobs and these places uh are just as likely in fact I believe more likely to be red than blue and there are many representatives I've seen with all different Stripes who are pretty unhappy about the idea of repealing those measures because they see them actively at work building a factory in their District so I think it would be economic malpractice to reverse uh such positive developments and I think there are members on both sides of the aisle who would agree with that
quick follow would you would you stay on if uh if Harris won and asked you to stay on yeah I'm not going to speculate about that good
