Circling back to this. Why don’t more critics call this a tax? Everyone uses the term “tariff” and the GOP has successfully convinced their base that the foreign nations pay for tariffs. But a tariff is a form of tax. It’s a tax we are paying. This is moving us from income tax to a consumption tax. Lower and middle class households spend proportionately larger % of income on expenses vs savings/investments. We also find it harder to buy alternatives that avoid tariffs. So, this is a regressive tax.Rand Paul tries to speak sense to Larry Kudlow on tariffs: "We're getting $2 trillion in taxes on top of all the other taxes that we have. So ultimately conservatives have to decide -- do they like taxes because they're Donald Trump's taxes?"
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Rand Paul tries to speak sense to Larry Kudlow on tariffs: "We're getting $2 trillion in taxes on top of all the other taxes that we have. So ultimately conservatives have to decide -- do they like taxes because they're Donald Trump's taxes?"www.threads.com
If anybody still believes that the foreign countries pay these taxes, they are idiots. Like blindingly stupid.Circling back to this. Why don’t more critics call this a tax? Everyone uses the term “tariff” and the GOP has successfully convinced their base that the foreign nations pay for tariffs. But a tariff is a form of tax. It’s a tax we are paying. This is moving us from income tax to a consumption tax. Lower and middle class households spend proportionately larger % of income on expenses vs savings/investments. We also find it harder to buy alternatives that avoid tariffs. So, this is a regressive tax.
If anybody still believes that the foreign countries pay these taxes, they are idiots. Like blindingly stupid.
I was talking to somebody about how prices for everything in my restaurant have gone up. Their answer was "well, just buy 'Merican then!". I do, dummy. Tariffs upset the ENTIRE supply chain. A case of 3 bottles of bleach has doubled in cost. If 1 single thing in the supply chain used to make that bleach, like packaging or ink used to print on the bottle, is affected...cost goes up.
It's literally one of the most simple economic concepts.
If a party's policies are good and popular, it shouldn't have to worry about the need for gerrymandering or foolishly fantasize about making conservative Canadian provinces as new states. After all, remember how Reagan won 49 out of 50 states for reelection? It's too bad how Trump never said he learned a lot from Reagan.
Good point about indoctrination complainers likely being indoctrinated themselves elsewhere. The Christian Nationalists are sure indoctrinated and in turn want to indoctrinate those looking to be indoctrinated.I think some people are just willfully ignorant. They are so blinded by partisanship that they just cannot comprehend that what they are being told by their leaders is a lie. For all the talk you hear about indoctrination at schools people spend a lot of time being indoctrinated elsewhere
I think a lot of Oklahoma Republican women, probably even the majority of them, would vote for Republican political candidates who feel the same way toward women and all the more so if it's Nov. and the only other candidate is a Democrat. After all, Sen. Mullin won with 62% of the vote even though he said he is pro-life with no exception and wants a national ban on abortion.Look what Trump has given us.
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I know there is a thread for Christian Nationalism but since this is here this is the guy people need to research. Doug Wilson is the growing focal point and is an evil man.Look what Trump has given us.
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I had this conversation w a magastani adjacent last week. He ended the conversation bc he had no comeback for this question I posed.If anybody still believes that the foreign countries pay these taxes, they are idiots. Like blindingly stupid.
I was talking to somebody about how prices for everything in my restaurant have gone up. Their answer was "well, just buy 'Merican then!". I do, dummy. Tariffs upset the ENTIRE supply chain. A case of 3 bottles of bleach has doubled in cost. If 1 single thing in the supply chain used to make that bleach, like packaging or ink used to print on the bottle, is affected...cost goes up.
It's literally one of the most simple economic concepts.
Geez, $600 when the estimated cost to us is $2400. Goody goody gumdrops. tRumpI had this conversation w a magastani adjacent last week. He ended the conversation bc he had no comeback for this question I posed.
If tariffs are paid by foreign governments or companies then why are republicans in congress supported by the trump White House looking to pass legislation that will pay you $600 in tariff relief?
Geez, $600 when the estimated cost to us is $2400. Goody goody gumdrops. tRumpus
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Our national debt will be paid down by the patriotic multi millionaires and billionaires if they remain anonymous in the Epstein files no doubt.Well take that times a couple hundred million people. What's that about national debt we were talking about earlier?
100% true.I think some people are just willfully ignorant. They are so blinded by partisanship that they just cannot comprehend that what they are being told by their leaders is a lie. For all the talk you hear about indoctrination at schools people spend a lot of time being indoctrinated elsewhere