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I wasn't upset when Biden imposed tariffs on China. It was a rare Biden W. You clearly don't know me at all.
Thu May 29 2025 00:37:10 UTC from ZoeGraystoneSo now the shoe is on the other foot and your guy cant act like a king, so you are upset.
An appeals court on Thursday stayed the ruling of the U.S. Court of International Trade that blocked President Donald Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs, meaning the tariffs are back in effect.
Good.
2025-05-23 13:50 from Nurb432
Pennies are now gone ( well, from production, not existence ).
That is a bummer. I wanted to visit Traveller's tomb and place a penny upside down on it. That way you could say Lincoln won the war, but would be forced to watch the ass of General Lee's horse up close forever.
2025-05-29 00:33 from SouthernComputerGeek
A federal court has decided to undo Trump's tariffs. Stupid
faggots. Trump campaigned on tariffs and we the people voted for
them. Screw these pompous courts!
On which grounds did they revert the tariffs?
2025-05-29 00:33 from SouthernComputerGeek
A federal court has decided to undo Trump's tariffs. Stupid
faggots. Trump campaigned on tariffs and we the people voted for
them. Screw these pompous courts!
On which grounds did they revert the tariffs?
They blocked the implementation of them rather than reverting them. Tariffs were the only way (other than apportionment) that the national government could support itself before the 16th amendment was passed and fiat currency finished the job. It was clearly within the constitutional authority of the executive branch to authorize trade deals and tariffs so the injunctive authority of the federal judge was quickly reversed.
It sounds good, but they would just make it up elsewhere.
Yeah. If anything should be abolished it ought to be income tax.
2025-06-12 20:29 from ZoeGraystone <zoegraystone@uncensored.citadel.org>
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It sounds good, but they would just make it up elsewhere.
"elsewhere" being inflation. We already have a wealth tax, so get rid of the "temporary," "only to fund the war" income tax.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.5% annual pace from January through March as President Donald Trump’s trade wars disrupted business, the Commerce Department reported Thursday in an unexpected deterioration of earlier estimates.
Only going to get worse. The 'stick' is the wrong way to enact real change. Of course the elite, this does not effect them ( some even profit off it ). Just the rest of us are hurt.
So the crap bill passed. "the top 5% of the elite will see the biggest returns and highest tax breaks"
Of course they will. Same old story, F- the serfs.
We should replace the Income Tax with tariffs or a sales tax or something similar. Would be much less of a mental burden on the average Joe than having to calculate how much income he owes to the IRS every year.
Sat Jul 05 2025 18:50:25 UTC from Nurb432So the crap bill passed. "the top 5% of the elite will see the biggest returns and highest tax breaks"
Of course they will. Same old story, F- the serfs.
Once you realize how much $ is out there for "tax services", "tax attorneys", as well as the penalization of select people by the IRS when needed, you know that will never happen.
Income taxes are a profitable tool for not only the government but the "insiders". Its why they were invented.
Sat Jul 05 2025 21:28:08 UTC from SouthernComputerGeekWould be much less of a mental burden on the average Joe than having to calculate how much income he owes to the IRS every year.
"NASA is working on capturing the asteroid 16 in 2029. its metal content of gold, silver, iron, platinum and cobalt is worth over $10,000,000,000,000,000,000 dollars and will make everyone on earth a billionaire."
All it really means is that means is the economy collapses as the value of things drop astronomically ( no pun intended ).
Mon Jul 07 2025 12:22:49 UTC from Nurb432"NASA is working on capturing the asteroid 16 in 2029. its metal content of gold, silver, iron, platinum and cobalt is worth over $10,000,000,000,000,000,000 dollars and will make everyone on earth a billionaire."
All it really means is that means is the economy collapses as the value of things drop astronomically ( no pun intended ).
You do remember that Aluminum used to be a precious metal too, don't you? :-D
Capitalism. Noun. /ˈkapədlˌizəm/
An economic system where private individuals or businesses own and control the means of production (like factories, land, and resources) and make decisions about what to produce and how to distribute goods and services. In a capitalist system, prices are primarily determined by supply and demand in free markets, and profit is a key motive for economic activity.
An economic system in which a country's businesses and industry are controlled and run for profit by private owners rather than by the government.
Common thread: Private Profit.
Ya, thanks Trump, and the old boys club. They wont even notice this, and most will actually profit, but for those of us already dealing with higher prices the last few years due to various causes, its yet another 'pay cut'. I bet some of them ( most? ) even enjoy watching us serfs suffer, while they are insulated from it all
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The Budget Lab (TBL) estimated the effects all US tariffs and foreign retaliation implemented in 2025 through July 9, including the effects of the US-Vietnam trade framework, the 50% commodity tariffs on copper, and the July 7 & July 9 announcements on new rates for 22 countries. TBL analyzed the July 9 tariff rates as if they stayed in effect in perpetuity.
Current Tariff Rate: Consumers face an overall average effective tariff rate of 18.0%, the highest since 1934. After consumption shifts, the average tariff rate will be 16.9%, the highest since 1936.
Overall Price Level & Distributional Effects: The price level from all 2025 tariffs rises by 1.8% in the short-run, the equivalent of an average per household income loss of $2,400 in 2025. This assumes the Federal Reserve does not react to tariffs and so the real income adjustment comes primarily through prices rather than nominal incomes; if the Federal Reserve reacted, the adjustment could in part come in the form of lower nominal incomes. Annual pre-substitution losses for households at the bottom of the income distribution are $1,300. The post-substitution price increase settles at 1.5%, a $2,000 loss per household.
Commodity Prices: The 2025 tariffs disproportionately affect clothing and textiles, with consumers facing 39% higher shoe prices and 37% higher apparel prices in the short-run. Shoes and apparel prices both stay 18% higher in the long-run.
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The whole point is to force companies to make their shit in America. Oh and I'm glad Trump's spine seems to be growing back.