–Complied and photos by Venisha Colón and Mykel Del Angel
biology freshman
“Tariffs. They’re not good. … I order a lot of online stuff. … I ordered a plushie and got multiplied by two. … So, I’m not the biggest fan of tariffs. … It’s conflicting. I think I’d rather just not have tariffs in general, but a $2,000 stimulus does sound pretty good.”
civil engineering freshman
“I feel that tariffs are just a way for American companies to make more money because they don’t want us benefiting from the convenience of foreign companies’ money, if that makes sense. I don’t know what kind of effects it would have afterwards, but I think that’d be good, especially with what’s going on right now with people’s financial status.”
psychology sophomore
“Well, I don’t really think I have, like, a very large opinion, but I know that it is affecting the economy. … I wouldn’t believe [the stimulus] until it actually happened because I think that there’s been a lot of false promises.”
interdisciplinary studies junior
“I think that they’re bad. To a certain point, they do increase prices because of them. … We wouldn’t want tariffs imposed on us, so I don’t think we should be imposing so many tariffs on other countries. [The stimulus] would help for the moment . … I feel like the check would just be a one time thing.”
