August 23, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, Talkingbirds said: Coming soon to Truth Social. Donate $99 and you’ll receive a personally autographed limited mugshot photo from Ex-president Trump. So get yours today. I feel like the one thing Right and Left will agree on after this is t-shirts with Trump's mugshot on it.
August 23, 20232 yr Quote https://reason.com/2023/08/22/trump-floats-tariff-plan-that-will-make-everything-more-expensive/ Trump Floats Tariff Plan That Will Make Everything More Expensive Inflation apparently has not been high enough in the few years since former President Donald Trump left office—so he's proposing new import taxes that will raise prices for American families and businesses. In an interview last week with Larry Kudlow, the former president floated plans for a new 10 percent tariff on all imports to the United States. Trump described the proposal as putting "a ring around the collar" of the U.S. economy. "When companies come in and they dump their products in the United States, they should pay, automatically, let's say a 10 percent tax," Trump said on Fox Business. "I do like the 10 percent for everybody." On Tuesday, The Washington Post reported that the same topic was discussed Monday night at a Trump campaign strategy meeting in Bedminster, New Jersey. According to the Post, the plan being discussed would include a "'universal baseline tariff' on virtually all imports to the United States" and figures to be a major plank in Trump's 2024 presidential campaign. For starters, kudos to Trump for correctly describing his plan as a tax. Because that's exactly what this would be: a tax hike on American businesses and consumers who purchase products from abroad. Currently, the average U.S. tariff is about 3 percent—though they vary widely depending on what item is being imported and from where. That's the only detail worth praising, however. As Trump should have learned after hiking tariffs on steel, aluminum, and loads of goods imported from China during his term in office, import taxes do little more than hike costs for American consumers and businesses. A recent report by the International Trade Commission concluded that Americans "bore nearly the full cost of these tariffs because import prices increased at the same rate as the tariffs." Economists Mary Amiti, Stephen J. Redding, and David Weinstein have calculated that the tariffs directly reduced Americans' income by a cumulative $1.4 billion per month. Those costs are still adding up, since the Biden administration has largely left Trump's tariffs in place—despite Biden's (accurate) assessment on the campaign trail in 2019 that "any beginning econ student at Iowa or Iowa State could tell you the American people are paying his tariffs." Meanwhile, Congress has not done anything to limit or rescind executive power over trade policy in the wake of Trump's abuse of those powers. Among people who actually understand economics, Trump's newest proposal has been roundly criticized. "Protective tariffs are punitive taxes on people's expenditures of their incomes," Don Boudreaux, a senior fellow at the Mercatus Center, a free market think tank housed at George Mason University, tells Reason. "It's an utter mystery why Trump believes that ordinary Americans, whose interests he claims to represent, would be enriched by the government imposing even heavier taxes on their spending choices." Adam Posen, president of the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE), a trade-focused think tank, told the Post that Trump's proposal was "lunacy" and "horrifying." Rep. Don Beyer (D–Va.), who has cosponsored a bipartisan bill to require presidents to gain approval from Congress before implementing tariffs for the purposes of national security, called Trump's proposal "idiotic, illegal, and…a disaster for our economy" in a statement released Tuesday. Beyer said any attempt at implementing universal 10 percent tariffs would "immediately violate numerous trade agreements, including the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement which Trump himself signed." Even from a purely political point of view—that is, without the obvious economic and legal ramifications—this seems utterly absurd. Trump is a Republican running for office against an incumbent Democrat whose policies have contributed to rising inflation—and yet his tariff plan amounts to a promise to raise taxes, and prices, on Americans. Any other Republican would be laughed off the campaign trail for promising to raise taxes by 10 percent. Trump remains the clear frontrunner to win the Republican nomination. If there were any conservatives left in the Republican Party, this would end his campaign, but...
August 23, 20232 yr Trump's plan. It will be huge. The new Tariffs will cause prices to go up for everyone. It will be even bigger than inflation. Everyone says it's the best and smartest idea ever. The Tariffs will be the biggest in history.
August 23, 20232 yr 42 minutes ago, VanHammersly said: If there were any conservatives left in the Republican Party, this would end his campaign, but... nah, they will just blame the libs.
August 24, 20232 yr Criminal defense lawyer Steve Sadow is reportedly going to replace Trump’s existing lawyer, Drew Findling, according to the NYT. On the day of his court appearance. Totally normal. I'm guess Drew suddenly realized where he was.
August 24, 20232 yr I truly cannot believe I am living in a world where after his mug shot gets posted today his poll numbers will likely go up again. If he was a Congressman or a Senator he would already be out and made irrelevant. Such a sad state of affairs that people just won't admit to what he really is-a delusional and pathological liar. No, no they just HATE libs and democrats so much so that they would still vote for and support this POS. It's unbelievable. Really. Where's all this hate going to get you? Do you really and truly want another 4 years of this man being your CIC?
August 24, 20232 yr Another 4 yrs. of Trump would be the biggest disaster to ever happen to this country. Martial Law declared. Trump said he would do it. Trump said he was going to expand executive power. Freedom and democracy as we know it will be over. Not to mention the Tarriffs where we all pay more for everything.
August 24, 20232 yr Author 37 minutes ago, DiPros said: I truly cannot believe I am living in a world where after his mug shot gets posted today his poll numbers will likely go up again. If he was a Congressman or a Senator he would already be out and made irrelevant. Such a sad state of affairs that people just won't admit to what he really is-a delusional and pathological liar. No, no they just HATE libs and democrats so much so that they would still vote for and support this POS. It's unbelievable. Really. Where's all this hate going to get you? Do you really and truly want another 4 years of this man being your CIC? i guarantee he'll be selling t-shirts with his mugshot pic & his wacked out followers will proudly buy them as if being indicted 4 times is something to be proud of.
August 24, 20232 yr He means from malaria, but he probably can't pronounce it without saying melania on accident so he just says mosquito instead.
August 24, 20232 yr https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4168261-trump-called-for-termination-of-parts-of-constitution-in-december/ "Conservative" lmao.
August 24, 20232 yr Just now, we_gotta_believe said: He means from malaria, but he probably can't pronounce it without saying melania on accident so he just says mosquito instead. DIGGING. 9TH WONDER. MOSQUITO.
August 24, 20232 yr Just now, Alpha_TATEr said: DIGGING. 9TH WONDER. MOSQUITO. So if the canal was the 9th wonder, what was 8th? The brooklyn bridge?
August 24, 20232 yr Ten most unhinged moments of the Trump Cucker Tucker event Trump believes Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide Claiming once again he won the election in 2020 Civil war? - "You know, Jan. 6 was a very interesting day because they didn't report it properly...People in that crowd said it was the most beautiful day they've ever experienced." Calling Mike Pence a "human conveyor belt" "Crooked” Biden is the "worst President in the history of our country” Moaning about water pressure in US bathrooms He claims if he was in office, war in Ukraine would be over Mocking Biden’s ‘skinny legs’ Trump’s bizarre criticism of Kamala Harris and her "bus” "We lost 35,000 to the mosquito building the Panama canal”
August 24, 20232 yr I had to Google the quote We built a thing called the Panama Canal. We lost 35,000 people to the mosquito. Malaria. We lost 35,000 people. We lost 35,000 people because of the mosquito. Vicious. They had to build under nets, it was one of the true great wonders of the world. As he said, one of the nine wonders of the world. No, no, it was one of the seven, it happened a little while ago. You know, nine wonders of the world. You could make nine wonders. He would have been better off if he stuck with the nine and just said, ‘Yeah, I think it’s nine.’ But this is one of the true seven wonders of the world.
August 24, 20232 yr 33 minutes ago, Toastrel said: Ten most unhinged moments of the Trump Cucker Tucker event Trump believes Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide Claiming once again he won the election in 2020 Civil war? - "You know, Jan. 6 was a very interesting day because they didn't report it properly...People in that crowd said it was the most beautiful day they've ever experienced." Calling Mike Pence a "human conveyor belt" "Crooked” Biden is the "worst President in the history of our country” Moaning about water pressure in US bathrooms He claims if he was in office, war in Ukraine would be over Mocking Biden’s ‘skinny legs’ Trump’s bizarre criticism of Kamala Harris and her "bus” "We lost 35,000 to the mosquito building the Panama canal” I read the transcript of the Epstein back and forth, it was cringe as F. Tucker just wouldn't accept Trump believes it was probably suicide lmao. I don't get why Tucker even has guests, he asks them questions and when the answer isn't what he wants, he doesn't accept it and goes on and on about the answer he wanted instead.
August 24, 20232 yr Never gonna happen, but setting an aggressive target so the judge can "compromise" sometime in the first half of 2024
August 24, 20232 yr 7 minutes ago, vikas83 said: Never gonna happen, but setting an aggressive target so the judge can "compromise" sometime in the first half of 2024 Wow. That would be awesome but agreed it won't happen. The Motions alone will take us past October.
August 24, 20232 yr On 8/22/2023 at 9:35 AM, Tweek said: And now the house is in on it as well, how unsurprising. House Judiciary Committee launches inquiry into Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis "You did not bring charges until two-and-a-half years later, at a time when the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination is in full swing,” Jordan wrote. "Moreover, you have requested that the trial in this matter begin on March 4, 2024, the day before Super Tuesday and eight days before the Georgia presidential primary.” Almost like investigations take time, you know, to collect evidence and actually have a case to present to a jury. Something the GOP thinks you just make up out of thin air cause the cult believes anything they say.
August 24, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, Tweek said: "You did not bring charges until two-and-a-half years later, at a time when the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination is in full swing,” Jordan wrote. "Moreover, you have requested that the trial in this matter begin on March 4, 2024, the day before Super Tuesday and eight days before the Georgia presidential primary.” Check mate. 44 minutes ago, vikas83 said:
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