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BREAKING: President Trump is considering abolishing the federal income tax, per NYT.
— Patrick Webb (@RealPatrickWebb) January 22, 2025
!neolibs Trump's redemption? Hopefully tariffs are bullshit
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Do we think Trump knows what a tariff is? Or does he just girlmath it like it's free money in his head?
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He thinks it's a fee other countries pay to sell goods in the US.
It's like his understanding of trade treaties. He thinks he understands them and all economists are just lying about what they are, that's why he handed China the greatest gift the US has ever given them by cancelling ratification of TPP.
I think congress are going to stop his tariff nonsense for the most part but I wish they wouldn't. They would have a dramatic and immediate impact on prices and employment that would both trash his administration and remind people why tariffs suck.
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Thats exactly what it is
Trans lives matter
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Do tariffs make domestic goods cheaper relative to foreign goods? If so, how do they achieve this result?
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One could argue an american made product is cheaper over the course of it's lifespan since china makes cheap fricking junk that falls apart after 2 years.
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They used to say that about Japanese cars and tv sets back in the 1960s and about Korean electronics and cars back in the 1990s
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US aligned
US aligned
My dislike of their products stems from my dislike of their government (rhetoric). If China was a liberal democracy I'd have no problem with them. They are a threat to the VVest and I'm tired of pretending they aren't.
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also china makes god awful cars that spy on you and send everything bad you say back to the motherland
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Targeted tariffs against China coupled with trade partnerships among US allies would make sense
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There are cultural differences between those countries.
Nissan and Mazda are considered garbage cars.
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Some of Mazda's models in the past few years are quite nice. Some still suck tho.
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When it's men it's broscience. But to answer your question, Yes, they're that r-slurred.
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Trump and his followers believe a tariff is a tax on other countries, it's a matter of semantics really. Switch a headline to "President Trump to impose a 25% import tax on foreign goods" and you'll see a decline in public support.
!neolibs
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I FOUND YOU
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no doxpls
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possibly because he doesn't care about re-election and he might be a huge McKinley fan right about now
we'll know for sure if he starts talking about the gold standard
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the McKinley thing was not one I saw coming. You think he relates to McKinley because they're both fat and they both got shot?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKinley_Tariff
I also think he sees not controlling the Panama canal as a huge insult to McKinley
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Vance is the 1 dollar version of Teddy Roosevelt?
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they both shot brown foreigners outCONUS so it's close
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You do realize our currency is based on girlmath right now, right?
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no, because I'm not a mises.org
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Oh, you must be one of those silly people that think our currency is based on trust.
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It's based on debt and lots of people with guns.
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Correct, which is why who gives a shit.
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I'll give you a real, super valuable carton of eggs for all the fake, evil, worthless fiat (((dollars))) you have. Easy trade right?
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I do love eggs
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What a cute Marsey!
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Bring back the gold
standard
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Economy is really just vibes-based right?
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Unironically yes.
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