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Trump Does his Awesome New Tariffs. Winning!!

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by gator_jo, Feb 1, 2025.

  1. channingcrowderhungry

    channingcrowderhungry Premium Member

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    We're barely holding on to capitalism at this point. We're in Command Economy mode.
     
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  2. wgbgator

    wgbgator Premium Member

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    I've got to get my dunks in on all the people who told me growing up communism meant empty shelves and gulags and capitalism was having stuff and freedom
     
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  3. mdgator05

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    Unfortunately, the loudest of those folks have chosen bread lines if it owns the libs.
     
  4. mdgator05

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    And it is a good thing too. Without the Trump administration, 258 million people would all be dead from fentanyl. Apparently, 3/4 of all Americans were just about to OD on fentanyl in the last 3 months.

     
  5. Endless Excuses

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    Worse than Nixon...cant believe anyone could destroy the USD faster but Ill be damn if he didnt beat ole Milhouse....no wonder he is collapsing our currency because 90% of his wealth is in crypto.
     
  6. gator_jo

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    Trump Coin and Melania Coin are currently, and probably will be into perpetuity, the best and safest stores of value for Americans' hard-earned wealth and savings.
     
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  7. l_boy

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  9. citygator

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    Trump wages war on Christmas.

    Trump Says Kids May Just Have To Live With Fewer Toys Because Of His Tariffs

    WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Wednesday that children in the U.S. may just have to live with fewer toys if his trade policy results in store shelves going empty.

    “Maybe the children will have two dolls instead of 30, and maybe the two dolls will cost a couple of bucks more than they would normally,” Trump said during a Cabinet meeting at the White House when asked about the prospect of stores nationwide having empty shelves as a result of him ratcheting up tariffs on China.
     
  10. G8R92

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    Maybe the children have only 2 toy limousines instead of 30...

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  11. rivergator

    rivergator Too Hot Mod Moderator VIP Member

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    “As President, I will make sure you can’t afford as many toys for your children!”
     
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  12. citygator

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    Only the GOP can come up with a strategy where a room full of billionaires lecture the working-class Americans about buckling down and living with less.
     
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  13. wgbgator

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    "You see kid, you're being bamboozled. These capitalist fat cats are inflating the profit margin and reducing your total number of toys"

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  14. gator_jo

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    True, but only in America will voters cast a ballot for that.
     
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  15. obgator

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    The same dumbasses who had an aneurysm when Michelle Obama suggested their children eat healthier foods because it was an assault on their freedom will soon be here to tell us that owning less toys is the patriotic thing to do.
     
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  16. l_boy

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    I hear people defending it offering completely opposing arguments and then just a whole host of different and inconsistent arguments. Even by themselves most individually don’t make sense, much less together.
     
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  18. exiledgator

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    If the waitresses start getting more attractive, you know we're in trouble.
     
  19. docspor

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    that is a good article. The thing I don't see challenged by many people - & I don't think this article did either - is that the onshoring jobs will make America poorer, not richer. People just seem to take it as a given that somehow creating jobs via protectionism will be a net positive. Must be feelings.