"You're making the mistake that economis is a science. It's not, or at the very least, the variables are so numerous as to be akin to quantum mechanics."

I agree but you are removing the possibility for failure.  You say that its incorrect for anyone to say tariffs are bad because the sample is too small (short time horizon) but you can also say that the tariffs are good and just part of the cure.  With the exact, same, timeframe.

I mean you don't think cancer treatment is a science, yet with tremendous variables?  

You are Pro-Trump so the verifiable math that shows a drop is just part of the process to improvement.

Others that are Anti-Trump say that the verifiable math that shows a drop is part of the process of failure.

I don't care who implemented the tariffs so I say the verifiable math that shows a drop is part of the process.  That's it.

The math shows given the time sample that tariffs, at this time, are not productive on the global average for the US.  At this time. If this trend continues the US consumer will pay more than standard inflation trends over time.

I think the issue is Pro-Trump will refuse to accept that the tariffs as they are now may not work, and the Anti-Trump will refuse to accept that the tariffs as they are now may succeed.  So instead of looking at empirical evidence for what it is and using it productively they argue about the evidence when they are really arguing over Trump.

I don't think it's true that pro-Trump supporters will refuse to accept bad outcomes. Look at Ann Coulter's attacks on Trump for his failure to deliver on his central campaign promise, building a wall.

However, I'm not turning on Trump because I see no downside to his Presidency at the moment. Unlike Ann, I think Trump has pushed the wall issue appropriately. He's facing a situation where leftist are willing to cut off their nose (loose their country) to spite their face (claim a Trump defeat).   The tariffs had an impact on my company's business. Not much, but a slight negative impact. Regardless, our senior management is looking at the long term benefit if it's successful which is why we aren't judging its success yet.

I hired Trump to slow the advance of Democratic liberalism which he's done.  I don't see any major mistakes Trump has made. When/if he does, I'll be the first to call him on it. He's had minor hiccups; the idea of a big military parade was stupid and I have not heard anything else since. I don't like the idea of a big July 4th thing in DC.

Now, will the Trump haters ever admit in the future tariffs worked? Never. I read this morning wage growth has hit a 10 year high along with dozens of other record economic measurements. Fools like TT will still claim this is in spite of Trump.

"I read this morning wage growth has hit a 10 year high along with dozens of other record economic measurements."

 I did too, also I read 17 of the monthly labor reports over the past two days.  Also its one of the worst months of employment placement and job growth, so its all in what we want to look at.  

Personally I verify with labor statistics:

Employment, Hours, and Earnings from the Current Employment Statistics survey (National):

Data pulled on March 11, 2019 (9:58:56 AM)
https://data.bls.gov/pdq/SurveyOutputServlet

Employment Situation Summary Table A. Household data, seasonally adjusted:

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.a.htm

Indexes of aggregate weekly hours and payrolls for production and nonsupervisory employees on private nonfarm payrolls by industry sector, seasonally adjusted:

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t25.htm

 So is it good we have wage growth, which includes the influx of returning Federal workers by the way, or is it bad we have only added 20,000 jobs this past month instead of the well over 200,000 average from 2018?

 Depends on what math you want to look at, or possibly if you like Trump or not.

So is it good we have wage growth, which includes the influx of returning Federal workers by the way, or is it bad we have only added 20,000 jobs this past month instead of the well over 200,000 average from 2018?

I don't know. I read a lot was weather related. Our overall February sales were down (actually not down, just not as much growth as expected) as was my specific segment. The fluctuation in our product sales numbers can be weather related. How much of that had to do with job growth nationally? Not sure. We'll see what March brings.

T And T Garage wrote on 03/11/19 at 11:32:08:

 Just own it and be done already.  

The fact that Ilhan Omar has proven,
(many times, many ways)
her pattern of anti-Semitic comments.
(As well as the fact that she is a complete LIER.  
concerning her Cab ride in D.C.)
And I say: "So deal with it".

It is countered  with a very, Very, VERY, lame, 'So then you have no proof?'

Can you say the word, hypocrisy?

T And T Garage wrote on 03/12/19 at 08:38:16:

Well mn, you're the one making the claim that she's anti-semitic.  Therefore, the onus is on you to prove it.

WOW, Troll 101  !!!!!

It is apparent that you are to LAZY to check out what is WELL Known.

Here is a bit more of a challenge for you.
Check out her LIES, about her DC cab ride.
With THREE, different versions of events.
(If they have not been taken down by now by the UL media)

T And T Garage wrote on 03/12/19 at 09:21:03:

You said she was anti-semitic.

Nop, I just repeated the numerous UL reports
of what, SHE  did/said,
which is very well documented.

You are just to lazy to look yourself !

In the original NYT article this was one of the reader's comments...

Germany has a GDP of about $4 Trillion.

They have a modest trade surplus of around $14 Billion.

They have unemployment of about 3.4%.

And they have faced the same globalization we have.

They also don't have the poverty we have.

They have good schools for the working class.

They help with trade school or college.

They have universal health care.

We have parts of the US with infant mortality of a second world country - 12 to 14 / 100,000.

After 35 years of trickle-down Reaganomics, we got an opioid crisis.