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Sorry Trump, the IEEPA doesn't really give you the authority to levy tariffs. https://abc13.com/post/businesses-conservative-lawyers-planning-legal-challenge-trumps-tariffs/16139325/ "But the IEEPA -- which specifically cites the power to impose s…
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This sounds like a complete flim-flam.
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Trump doesn't really have the power to levy tariffs. His "economic emergency" declaration per the IEEPA is completely bogus. He used trade agreements negotiated with China, Mexico/Canada by his own administration in his first term as the excuse for …
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lwr32 said: Tax cuts mean more money in our pockets to spend, which in turn means more sales tax we’re paying. Where does the sales tax go? Tax cuts are a statistically weak form of stimulus. The CBO has decades of statistics on that. Every …
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9secondkox2 said: It’s only logical right? Heck, back in 1995, nancy pelosi of all people was saying the exact same stuff trump is saying about the need for tariffs since we are being tariffed to death by everyone else. A. Pelosi's comments …
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blastdoor said: 9secondkox2 said: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CAyricurDKg Lots of people — including Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden — have supported targeted tariffs on adversarial countries combined with other measures, like the …
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ilarynx said: foregoneconclusion said: ilarynx said: foregoneconclusion said: The governor of California is going to call Trump’s bluff by ignoring the federal tariff and negotiate directly with other countries on tariffs…
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ilarynx said: foregoneconclusion said: The governor of California is going to call Trump’s bluff by ignoring the federal tariff and negotiate directly with other countries on tariffs. Seems like a decent strategy considering that the T…
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DAalseth said: foregoneconclusion said: The governor of California is going to call Trump’s bluff by ignoring the federal tariff and negotiate directly with other countries on tariffs. Seems like a decent strategy considering that the …
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badmonk said: Despite protests to the contrary, are we sure DJT and the car aren’t Russian operatives? They sure act like it. ----- The sad thing is if they just did nothing and Trump just golfed, the economy would have been fine. This is a…
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The governor of California is going to call Trump’s bluff by ignoring the federal tariff and negotiate directly with other countries on tariffs. Seems like a decent strategy considering that the Trump tariffs are entirely dependent on the claim that…
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dewme said: The bottom line is that the current clown circus trying to run (or ruin) our economy is ridiculously narrow minded with narrow views of trade and mutual benefits that border on the microscopic. We are currently witnessing devoluti…
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AppleZulu said: 9secondkox2 said: AppleZulu said: Nobody wins a tariff war, and certainly not one of this breadth and scope. We will all be paying for this for years to come. The thing that is so stupid about the tariffs is tha…
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jfabula1 said: lordjohnwhorfin said: I still can’t believe people voted for this moron. It’s sad to see the pathetic joke this once great country has become. So what do you want to do w the $36T debt? This guy has the balls to do so…
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nubus said: The full impact of the 2007-2009 Great Recession took 2 years to peak. A further 9 years for unemployment levels to come back down. Most likely outcome is a Depression due to the fact that it's so early in Trump's term AND that th…
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ssfe11 said: It’s nice to see these ridiculous labor lawsuits stopped. Social media use r u kidding me? “I want to be able to go on FB on company time!!” Unbelievable. And the other one organizing a movement AGAINST her employer! The one who …
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9secondkox2 said: foregoneconclusion said: Voters in the U.S. aren't going to care what Apple's fine turns out to be in the EU. They thought Trump might produce a better economy with lower prices and more job opportunities but that's n…
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Voters in the U.S. aren't going to care what Apple's fine turns out to be in the EU. They thought Trump might produce a better economy with lower prices and more job opportunities but that's not turning out to be the case. It's just the usual "auste…
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Robert Altman's 'The Player' was likely part of the inspiration for this show.
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Obvious issue: if comments on the internet are considered “3rd party” then that makes guests that appear on news broadcasts “3rd party” as well. How would that be reconciled with the idea that the platform can’t pick/choose which views that it allow…