Trump Job Approval
| Pollsters wrong in 2024: | 41.6 / 55.6 | -14.0 |
| Pollsters right in 2024: | 45.5 / 52.1 | -6.6 |
 | GOP | DEM |
| Democrats +21 | 207 | 228 |
Trump Job Approval
| Pollsters wrong in 2024: | 41.6 / 55.6 | -14.0 |
| Pollsters right in 2024: | 45.5 / 52.1 | -6.6 |
| GOP | DEM |
| Democrats +21 | 207 | 228 |
The Hedgehog Report - Phoenix Edition 
202 responses to “Monday/Tuesday”
fRIST!
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“But it gets a B+ for effort, NYC is cleared to drive in Mexico.”
-Appreciate the good mark, but I do need the A. I always asked for the egg creme instead of the creme soda, it’s a NY Thing!
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https://x.com/wil_da_beast630/status/1916575123429089771?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1916575123429089771%7Ctwgr%5Ed237ab51a9548c02dbf6b2fce6574dda360b1cae%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F716980%2F
DEI in action.
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Discuss what is happening in Maine, where a female legislator is censured and being barred from voting in the legislature by the Speaker, until she recants her social media post opposing letting males play in female sports.
Maine lawmaker censured for post on transgender girls in sports appeals to Supreme Court
Paula Reid and Casey Gannon, CNN
Mon, April 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM EDT
https://www.aol.com/news/maine-lawmaker-censured-post-transgender-213430166.html
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Is is beyond belief that the legislator “…application has already been denied in the lower court and the 1st US Circuit Court of Appeals.”
Her being denied her 1st amendment rights, and denied the right to vote in the Main House is wrong on so many levels.
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I also opposes males in female sports. If a make wanted to play on my girls basketball or softball teams, I would stop coaching.
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WVU Baseball is 12-0 in Big 12 play this month with a sweep of UCF. West Virginia is ranked 15 in D1 baseball’s latest poll. WVU is still in first place in the Big 12.
🙂
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The Maine Republican Party should be organizing and running on that simple issue, XX and XY. They are already a solid minority, might as well run on a 75-25 issue to see if you can make up some of that difference.
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And the first winner of Trump’s trade war is…. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14657373/Canada-election-results-Mark-Carney-Liberal-Party-projected-win.html
Canada’s Liberal Party!
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Walt, it won’t end with this clear violation of free speech. The left won’t stop until every person who says the truth about gender is in prison. Jails will be full of Pastors, priests, and Christians of all stripes while running free are illegals dealing drugs and trafficking humans for sex. That is the America Democrats envision
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I found a fully qualified, non-DEI female candidate, with the requisite skills for posting here at HHR Phoenix –
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Of course, the above is in addition to Jan and Tina, who already possess those skills and demonstrate them daily.
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Trump delivers the Liberals a big win in Canada with his stupid trade wars. Polievre would have been a great partner for Trump until Trump backstabbed him and ensured the Marxists stay in power.
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GFY. Trumpy tariffs are awesome!
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Of course, the above is in addition to Jan and Tina, who already possess those skills and demonstrate them daily.”
The Cultists have elevated their mutual admiration society to vomit level.
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GFY. Trumpy tariffs are awesome!”
The Canadian Marxists agree!
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Jan and Tina are role models in how to stand up to fake internet tough guys.
Chicon
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More Robbie-style anti-Trump “concern” this morning. Another day ending in “y”.
Chicon
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I am not sure why the Cultists post on a daily basis.
Since they don’t have one idea or link or comment different from one another and it is pure Group Think, they could just have a schedule where one of them represents the Cult, freeing the others for other Cult activities such as visits to Trump Tower and searching for Deep State caves.
I propose the following schedule. No, don’t thank me, brilliant suggestions are just what I do, altruism in its best form.
Monday: janzam
Tuesday: FLA2025
Wednesday: Tina
Thursday: NYC
Friday: Chicon
Saturday: OA
Sunday: Cultist Day of Rest
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The average person recognizes the Trump policy victory with Immigration. Republicans need to keep hammering home how Dems opened the border and lied to them about being incapable of closing it without budget busting giveaways.
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More Robbie-style anti-Trump “concern” this morning.”
Ah yes.
Trump delivers big win for the Canadian Marxists.
Had the conservatives won, Cultists would be here in mass crediting Trump for the win.
Since they lost, the silence is deafening.
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Jan and Tina are role models in how to stand up to fake internet tough guys.
Then why do you always feel a need to defend them?
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I’m not sure this will solve anything, since most investments held by politicians are in blind trust type arrangements where they purport to make no decisions, only the delegated FA. However, because of the name alone, I’m all for this –
https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/58/text
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Canada is a separate country that is free to elect the leader of their choosing. The US is currently focused (thankfully) on America, and America wants Canada to change their trade policies and spend at least 2% of GDP on defense.
The rest of the governance of Canada is up to Canadians.
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Bitter says….”Then why do you always feel a need to defend them?”
It’s a bad thing to lend support to those being bullied?
More Democrat talk….
Chicon
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Bitter and Jason are still opposed to American companies gaining access to more foreign markets. Odd take by them, but that’s where we are….
Chicon
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Bullied? By typing. Damn. Chi is soft.
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Hey Chicon, best headline I’ve read all morning addresses your neck of the woods – “Fat, Drunk, and Governor of Illinois is no way to go through life, Son”
https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2025/04/29/the-morning-briefing-fat-drunk-and-governor-of-illinois-is-no-way-to-go-through-life-son-n4939307
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Trump’s trade wars are making access to foreign markets MORE difficult, not less.
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That’s beautiful, Fla. If you watch Gutfeld, JB (and his obesity) is a frequent target.
Chicon
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When Jason was growing up on the mean streets of Machu Pichu, he had to deal with Inca gangs. He was not afraid of knives, arrows, or spears. He was terrified of somebody typing at him.
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Bitter gets defensive about being a bully on HHR. Methinks he doth protest too much……
Chicon
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Canadas Pierre detesto lost his own seat.
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It’s a bad thing to lend support to those being bullied?”
New Cultist definition for “bullying”.
Being challenged on lies, conspiracy theories and garbage posts.
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Bitter and Jason are still opposed to American companies gaining access to more foreign markets.”
LOL
The alternative universe is alive and well.
We are now to the point where those who advocate for free trade “oppose access to foreign markets”
You can’t make this sh-t up.
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Tina points out…..”Canadas Pierre detesto lost his own seat.”
Yep, and it is all Trump’s fault he lost his own seat.
Chicon
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and America wants Canada to change their trade policies and spend at least 2% of GDP on defense.”
Zzzzz…
And of course the odds of that happening were much better with the conservatives. Pierre Polievre was the epitome of the anti-woke candidate who wanted to cut government in Canada and would have been a great partner for Trump.
Instead, Trump handed the Liberals a big win and lost the opportunity to get Canada much more aligned with the US.
The best approach would have let Polievre win and THEN negotiated. Instead all Trump did with his stupid trade war was turn the population towards the most protectionist and anti-American party.
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“The White House has put about 100 posters of unauthorized immigrants who have been arrested for violent crimes”
MSNBC: “unauthorized immigrants”
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David Brooks twists himself into a pretzel.
WI judge this something illegal but heroic.
NYT’s David Brooks doesn’t “know the specific details” of the Judge Dugan case — but says she was “heroic.” “If the federal enforcement agencies come to your courtroom and you help a guy escape, that is two things…” “One, it strikes me as maybe something illegal, but it also strikes me as something heroic.”
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Did something illegal, where is my coffee.
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You should be celebrating that Trump helped elect the Libs. They were headed for a loss until Trump waved his magic tariffs and they won.
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Canadas Pierre detesto lost his own seat.
Now Tina hates Conservative Canadians. WTF
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If you feel bullied on a blog over politics, that is sad.
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Crappy candidate and you know it. He lost his own seat.
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Radnor’s impact on popular culture.
David Brooks, Radnor HS 1979
Randall Kleiser, the director of Grease, based Rydell High School on Radnor High School (which he attended).
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Will you be calling Truedope Trumpdope now?
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Tina is so deep in the Cult that she is going to pretend that even though the Canadian Liberals won because of Trump’s trade war, that Trump had nothing to do with it. She will ignore that the Conservatives were expected to win big until Trump’s trade war.
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The freepasser is so illiterate.
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This sheot should have been released already. She looks incompetent.
“Rep. Anna Paulina Luna Turns Up the Heat on AG Pam Bondi — Demands Immediate Release of Epstein Client List Amid Deaths of Two Victims and Dwindling Public Trust”
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Tina loved Polievre until he lost.
LOL
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Very good. EVERY company in America should do this. Show them exactly how and what Trump’s stupid tariffs and trade wars are costing the American consumer.
Brilliant move. No wonder Karoline is whining about it.
“White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos for engaging in a “hostile and political act” following news that the company would include tariff pricing in the costs of products sold on the global e-commerce site.
According to Punchbowl News, Amazon plans to display the portion of a product’s price it claims to be attributable to President Trump’s tariffs directly next to the total listed price.
The move is an attempt to blame potential cost increases directly on the administration’s efforts to negotiate better trade deals through tariffs.
“Amazon doesn’t want to shoulder the blame for the cost of President Donald Trump’s trade war,” the outlet reported Tuesday. “The shopping site will display how much of an item’s cost is derived from tariffs – right next to the product’s total listed price.”
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Ana Paulina Luna is a certified whacko.
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Remember this? Where is the video?
“In an interview with Fox News on Friday, Luna said that she had just been told that NBC has a “never been seen before” video of the shooting that she would be requesting access to. The video, according to Luna, “allegedly” shows presumed gunman Lee Harvey Oswald near Kennedy’s vehicle when the assassination happened.”
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Polievre was the odds on favorite in the betting markets until Trump ensured his loss with the stupid trade war.
That is a fact.
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Amazon has just issued a statement denying PunchBowl’s reporting and explaining that showing tariffs costs on the main Amazon site was “never a consideration”:
Amazon’s share price is rebounding on the statement
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That was a quick correction by amazon
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Shocking, I know. Punchbowl news gets it wrong. Funny how some at HHR criticize posts by others from what they perceive as less credible sources but have no problem with the long and storied track record of the esteemed PunchBowl news, LOL!
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Walmart expands support for USA-made products – Axios “THOUSANDS” of American businesses are expected to participate, taking advantage of free resources to put their products on the national stage.
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Merk just popped this morning on their announcement of a multi billion dollar US plant investment, that was going to be made oversees until recently.
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Amazon has just issued a statement denying PunchBowl’s reporting and explaining that showing tariffs costs on the main Amazon site was “never a consideration””
Too bad. Great idea.
People should know what the stupid tariffs and trade wars are costing them.
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People who regularly link to garbage conspiracy sites like Gateway Pundit, Conservative Treehouse, Zerohedge, etc are attacking PunchBowl?
LOL
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And btw, looks like Karoline believed it….
“White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos for engaging in a “hostile and political act” following news that the company would include tariff pricing in the costs of products sold on the global e-commerce site.
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Tina is so deep in the Cult that she is going to pretend that even though the Canadian Liberals won because of Trump’s trade war, that Trump had nothing to do with it.”
Hilarious.
The Cultists will now claim that the Marxists winning is a GOOD THING.
Just more evidence these people are not conservatives, but we knew that.
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IMO Trump’s reciprocal tariff policies are fair and needed, to rebalance the deficits we experience in our trading practices with countries who gain surpluses from these unequal practices. The fact Canada was incensed by tariffs is just a byproduct of leveling the trading field with them. It became their call if their anger created a shift in their vote for the liberal candidate vs the conservative one. As of this morning, though, Carney has not been able to win the 172 seats needed for his party to be in control of total governing. If this lack of seats holds then he will have to work with other parties to formulate policies to run the country. Such an outcome would hopefully provide a buffer for enacting a Trudeau type leftist government.
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Wow.
Chuck Todd claims it was not a “media failure” for the MSM to ignore Biden’s decline.
It is like saying the Titanic did not sink because it hit an iceberg. The fault was with the Captain who didn’t plug the hole fast enough.
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If this lack of seats holds then he will have to work with other MORE LEFTIST parties to formulate policies to run the country.
Fixed it.
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“People should know what the stupid tariffs and trade wars are costing them.”
Yep, this inflation is outta control, eh?
Chicon
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As of this morning, though, Carney has not been able to win the 172 seats needed for his party to be in control of total governing. If this lack of seats holds then he will have to work with other parties to formulate policies to run the country.”
You are an idiot and a moron.
The “other parties” are the Bloc Quebecois, the NDP, and the Greens all outright socialist parties even farther to the left than the Liberals.
In other words, the Liberals will have to go even FARTHER LEFT to govern.
Thanks, Trump.
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“People should know what the stupid tariffs and trade wars are costing them.”
Yep, this inflation is outta control, eh?”
Zzzzz….. inflation is different for people depending on what they buy.
Let the lower income Americans who can least afford the impact of tariffs on the goods they buy know EXACTLY WHAT IT IS COSTING THEM.
Every business in America should do this, I bet it would make Trump’s stupid tariffs and trade wars even more unpopular than they are now.
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Sure. It’s only been 61 years. Sometimes it takes time to get film developed. GFY
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Janzam is so stupid that not only does she think it great the conservatives lost but it it is even better the LIberals will have to make concessions to even farther left parties to govern.
The ignorance and stupidity is astounding.
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“the Liberals will have to go even FARTHER LEFT to govern.”
Which impacts the US how?
Canada will be lowering tariffs on US imports, and hopefully increasing defense spending either way.
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Nineveh News:
A US District judge has ruled that doctors have one week to reverse Joe Biden’s mental and physical decline so he can begin running for a second term in the 2028 election. Judge Ima Douphuss appealed the recent ability of surgeons to make boys into girls and girls into boys, and judged in this case that all that was lacking in the fitness of Joe Biden to run again is the court’s ruling to force doctors to act on his behalf.
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“inflation is different for people depending on what they buy.”
Can you expound on these inflation increases so far? What group of Americans have seen inflation increase since Trump took office?
Chicon
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I hope that more businesses open factories and facilities in America. I also know that the cost of these products will go up because of paying more to American workers. So Americans will earn more but also pay more.
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”People who regularly link to garbage conspiracy sites like Gateway Pundit, Conservative Treehouse, Zerohedge, etc are attacking PunchBowl?”
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I know. So true. I loved Pubchbowl News outstanding russiagate coverage. They had a lock on all of Trump’s Russia ties and his spying. What a great source so loved by everyone who couldn’t wait with bated breath for them to get that evil Trump guy . Unfortunately none of the other mentioned linked sites never had that level of outstanding reporting, LOL!
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Nineveh News:
A US District judge has ruled that mother nature has one month to generate a tectonic plate catastrophe that would push closed the pacific ocean, shoving Japan and the Philippines out of the way so that the states of Hawaii, California, Oregon, and Washington be physically joined to mainland China, adding to the already existing socio-economic and political partnership.
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Nineveh News:
A US District judge has ruled that NASA scientists must falsify their data and announce that life has been found on the planet Mars. Then in a secondary ruling, anyone who disputes this NASA claim will be arrested and jailed for spreading misinformation.
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District judges have been busy today, exercising their new-found power.
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Bitter & Jason are the self-endorsed sages of HHR. Everything they say is genius. Everyone they excoriate deserve it. They live in a two-man bubble in total bliss, floating around as mental/moral icons of the universe. A heady but delusional grasp of the events going on around them.
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Finally a good ruling–
Nineveh News:
A US District judge has ruled that all baseball games involving the New York Mets end with the sixth inning due to their shaky bullpen.
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https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/china-waives-tariffs-us-ethane-imports-sources-say-2025-04-29/
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The free passers will turn on Ccp head xi. This is the 2nd week that he has revered the tariffs
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Bitter said….”I hope that more businesses open factories and facilities in America. I also know that the cost of these products will go up because of paying more to American workers.”
Me, too. I especially hope this is true for steel, natural resources, drugs, shipbuilding and other more essential capabilities.
There’s hope that robotics will allow for fewer hires than in previous generations.
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The US Inflation rate is 2.39% (March 31) compared to 2.82% last month and 3.48% last year. The 2.39% is the lowest recorded number since February 28, 2021.
Further, 228,000 jobs were created last month.
Hourly wage for private non-payroll increased 0.3% last month.
But, of course, according to the CNN poll a majority of people polled are blaming Trump for the slumping economy
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What group of Americans have seen inflation increase since Trump took office?”
Sure.
The question is a red herring because Chicon knows Trump has paused most tariffs for 90 days so he knows they haven’t had time yet to impact prices and in any case effect is delayed because the supply pipeline from a lot of countries we import from, are months long.
But since he is intellectually dishonest and a lying fraud he poses it as “since Trump took office”.
Middle income should expect to pay about $2600 more a year according to most estimates. Tariffs will cause higher consumer prices across most retail categories. Tech products will become more expensive as well as most appliances and cars. Food prices will be impacted from groceries stores to restaurants, especially produce and fruits, but just about everything. Even hops used in beer is imported, American breweries import most of hops from England, Europe and Oceania. And of course anything with aluminum, which many foods are packaged in.
Lower income Americans would be harder hit as the tariff increases impact the products they buy the most.
Estimates show the top 1% will not be affected by tariffs, because proposed tax cuts would offset their losses.
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Bitter & Jason are the self-endorsed sages of HHR.”
Translation: I got caught with an astoundingly stupid and ignorant comment about the Canadian election so I will attack Bitter and Jason.
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With those inflation rates, (heading down), the Federal Reserve should be cutting rates.
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“the Liberals will have to go even FARTHER LEFT to govern.”
Which impacts the US how?”
Because you are an isolationist moron who thinks our interests end on the beach, you don’t think elections in other countries impact the US.
Not a surprise.
But yes, we would want Marxists to be defeated in other countries. Including your hero and mentor ex-KGB thug Putin.
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the Federal Reserve should be cutting rates”
Let’s see how the tariffs and stupid trade wars impact inflation first.
Pretending they were already implemented and had no effect might be a popular theory at Gateway Pundit, but in the real world it might be different.
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Zzzzzzzzz Simple question for Jan. The Conservatives were expected to win big before Trump’s trade war with Canada. The Liberals won after Trump’s trade war. Did Trump have an impact on the election? Yes or no?
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I got caught with an astoundingly stupid and ignorant comment about the Canadian election so I will attack Bitter and Jason.
You’re a riot, Jason, in posting about “attacking” people when that’s what you boost about doing 24/7. Being a bully, through and through, I guess dims one’s self awareness and turns them into a comedian.
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Notice how the free passers were towel slapping each other when the Federal reserve cut rates to help demented/quemala.
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And it’s pretty simple why inflation is down.
ENERGY
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https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1917265511546573128?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
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Unlike the freepassers, I don’t watch cnn. This is funny if true.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/04/enemy-people-cnns-jake-tapper-blurs-mugshots-convicted/
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No. Another lie by Tina.
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Tina, the Federal Reserve has a goal of 2% before they move.
Jason, when Reagan proposed quotas (really tariffs) on Japan imports from 1981-1985 experts predicted prices would increase $1,000 – but it didn’t.
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They had the same “goal” in 2024. Surprisingly, they still cut.
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Ok time for jason’s all knowing, influential, and of course astonishingly accurate grades for Trump’s first 100 days.
Cabinet B A lot A picks, especially Bondi, Burgum, Rubio, Duffy, Noem, Zeldin, Ratcliff. But a couple Fs too, far left big government Dems RFK Jr and Tulsi should not be in the cabinet.
Immigration B+ (would get an A for shutting down the border, but has wasted political capital on unforced errors and the birthright citizenship thing is a stupid distraction)
DOGE A Not because all the goals have been accomplished, but just the fact Trump got someone as qualified as Musk to run the program and just the fact Trump IS trying to reduce the size of government (when he did absolutely nothing to do so in his first term) deserves major kudos.
Energy A drill baby drill will bring dividends to the US, will offset some of the costs of the stupid trade wars for consumers, and will enrich the US through exports.
Economy C– Trump was elected to bring prices down, he has spent little time on that. He has tanked the stock market with his stupid trade wars and cost millions of people big hits on their life’s savings. His economic isolationism, his hatred of free trade and free markets, and his hostility to international commerce in general is exactly the opposite of what America should be promoting.
Foreign policy C I would give him an F on Ukraine and NATO, but he has remained loyal to Israel and I approve of his aggressive stance against Iran and terrorism in general.
I might have grades on other matters eventually, stay tuned.
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Jason said….”Which impacts the US how?”
Because you are an isolationist moron who thinks our interests end on the beach, you don’t think elections in other countries impact the US.”
Translation…..I have nothing…..
Chicon
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Being a bully,:”
Awwww, janzam sees the word “bully” from fellow Cultists and decides to join the club.
You were never bullied here.
You get challenged on your stupidity and ignorance on just about every subject and your disgusting support for Putin’s war crimes.
No free lunch.
But feel free to go somewhere else where you won’t be “bullied”.
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Translation…..I have nothing…..”
Huh, leave translations to those who know how to translate.
Tks.
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The Liberals won after Trump’s trade war. Did Trump have an impact on the election?
The Canadians didn’t like being called on the carpet by Trump for the great trading disparities between our countries. The conservative candidate caved in his support of Trump showing a weakness in his candidacy. So, he lost not only the PM election but his own seat. Where Trump had the biggest negative effect, IMO, was getting involved with his Truth Social posts about who to vote for. Just like Obama tried to sway the Brexit election by throwing his support against it, the result was a backlash, like it was for Trump in this election. Yes, Trump did have an impact.
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“Let’s see how the tariffs and stupid trade wars impact inflation first.”
I thought I read earlier that some people are currently experiencing higher inflation because…..tariffs.
Chicon
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The Cult reads Gateway Pundit. People not in the Cult do not. Discuss.
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lol —-> Jason the bully comedian.
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“The Cult reads Gateway Pundit. People not in the Cult do not. Discuss.”
I’m called a cult member by the tall foreheads here, and I don’t read Gateway Pundit.
Chicon
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Chi just made Tina’s RINO and Freepasser lists. Poor bastard.
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Jason, when Reagan proposed quotas (really tariffs) on Japan imports from 1981-1985 experts predicted prices would increase $1,000 – but it didn’t.”
Another failed attempt to pretend Reagan was some kind of tariff and trade war loving economic isolationist like Trump, because he (wrongly) imposed some targeted, limited and temporary tariffs (I believe against his better judgment).
Reagan was not an isolationist. He believed free trade, free markets, free enterprise. He was not hostile to international commerce, he supported it. You would never hear Reagan say “tariff is the most beautiful word in the English language”.
The scope, depth, size and ideological basis of Trump’s tariffs are completely different from Reagan’s.
No amount of Reagan hate changes that.
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I thought I read earlier that some people are currently experiencing higher inflation because…..tariffs.”
Your reading skills are not very good, so we understand.
What I actually wrote:
“The question is a red herring because Chicon knows Trump has paused most tariffs for 90 days so he knows they haven’t had time yet to impact prices and in any case effect is delayed because the supply pipeline from a lot of countries we import from, are months long.
But since he is intellectually dishonest and a lying fraud he poses it as “since Trump took office”.
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and I don’t read Gateway Pundit.”
Has anyone here EVER read a single post where Chicon contested ANYTHING his fellow Cultists have posted here quoting Gateway Pundit.
No?
Didn’t think so.
He claims he doesn’t read it. He just agrees with every bit of trash they write.
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I’m called a cult member”
Is is wrong to call you a cult member?
Well, maybe you can list all the things you disagree with Trump on.
I can’t wait. This should be good.
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The free passers were blaming trump on the economy as soon as he took office.
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Perhaps Amazon can have a filter or guide for Us made products.
I am sure the free passers will have “issues”
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“No amount of Reagan hate can change that”
Just pointing out what Reagan factual did. Some people believe that Reagan was a hypocrite….imposing 200% tariffs on Spain and increasing tariffs on European countries during his first term.
I do not. It’s called a balance and being flexible. But again, it is also called a fact.
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Which means fewer workers.
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Perhaps Amazon can have a filter or guide for Us made products.”
Absolutely.
If people want to pay more for “US made products” fine with me.
Just show how much more they are paying for imported products due to Trumps’s stupid trade wars.
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Some people believe that Reagan was a hypocrite”
Yeah, there are a lot of people who hate Reagan.
But the “fact” is Reagan believed in free trade, free markets and free enterprise as a core conviction.
And the “fact” is Trump believes in protectionism, tariffs and trade wars as a core conviction.
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NT at 3:00.
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Why do we need a new thread? How about one each day or every 2 days.
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Do you miss Dave’s 900 post threads? Ok, A-hole. I will cancel the next one.
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My influence here is legendary.
I got a thread cancelled.
I should retire.
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Canada results.
The Liberals got 43% of the vote, Conservatives 41%. The NDP got decimated.
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/federal_election/canadian-election-2025-results-riding-maps-graphics
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Jason sez….I should retire
Promises, promises….
Chicon
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Shouda couda wouda.
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Looking at the map the Conservatives made some nice gains in riding rich Ontario, where Polievre only got 46% in his riding. But the only province they really dominate is Alberta.
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Just think of all the free lunches Chicon could get if I retired.
No wonder he is salivating like Pavlov’s dogs.
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Do you miss Dave’s 900 post threads?”
Yes, it was convenient to reference older posts without changing threads.
Also, you should number your posts like he did.
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Saskatchewan also the conservatives got 80% of the seats, but it is small in population.
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Canadian PM Art Carney will now be the one who caves on tariffs with the US. I wonder how his supporters will react?
Chicon
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Still waiting for the list of Trump policies Chicon disagrees with.
Come’on man, there must be something……
I promise I won’t tell the other Cultists.
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Zzzz…. Carney knows his Marxist party is in power for 5 years….. why should he care what they think.
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Carney owes Trump a really nice gift.
Maybe a polar bear rug Trump and Melania can lie on in front of the WH fireplace.
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I don’t know if that can done here or how to do it. You also said to not make any changes because the log-in is working. GFY
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Art Carney? I never remember if he was Harry or Tonto.
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Bitter said….Which means fewer workers.
Fewer workers = lower costs = less expensive products.
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“Art Carney? I never remember if he was Harry or Tonto.”
He will always be Ed Norton to me.
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“Carney owes Trump a really nice gift.”
Yep, lower tariffs on Canadian imports from the US will be perfect.
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I wanted a more obscure reference.
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So fewer workers earning wages and they can’t afford the American made products.
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GF said….He will always be Ed Norton to me.
Me, too. He was outstanding as the subterranean sanitation engineer.
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Bitter said….”So fewer workers earning wages and they can’t afford the American made products.”
Still MANY more good manufacturing jobs than currently the case. We’ll see if the dreaded big inflation ever shows up. I doubt it will.
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Chi doesn’t realize that countries don’t pay tariffs. Consumers do.
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“Chi doesn’t realize that countries don’t pay tariffs. Consumers do.”
That’s the mantra.
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Very interesting discussions today about all the ‘good manufacturing jobs’ Trump’s tariffs will generate.
Are any of you cultists qualified to perform in any of these ‘good manufacturing jobs’? Have any of you ever worked in manufacturing? Do you know anyone under the age of 60 who is out of work in manufacturing?
With an unemployment rate below the natural rate and with the US having dis-invested in manufacturing for a generation, how are employers going to fill those jobs? The only way I can think of is to offer people who are already employed higher wages.
Once those lucky people take the new ‘good manufacturing jobs’ someone will have to fill in for them. Where will we find those people? We will have to offer them higher wages in order to fill the newly open jobs.
This creates what has been known as a ‘wage-price spiral’ since at least the 1960s. Those who are looking at the lasts few months’ CPI (with higher food prices and lower energy prices) have seen no evidence of wage inflation.
But you will!
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It varies as to who or how much of the tariff is paid for by the consumer vs the country exporting the product. The cost of doing business sometimes means absorbing some of the increased costs accompanying doing that business. Whether labor, insurance or tariffs increases the overhead expenses, if you pass too much onto the consumer, client they’ll likely to balk and either do without or find another seller to do business with.
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Hi, Bill. Hope you’re well.
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But wait a minute! I just realized where we can get people for all these new jobs. Why not encourage immigration, so that young, willing workers can help out with the labor shortage?
Sorry – I just realized that we are in the process of getting rid of 11 million people who are in the country illegally, most of who have been working in a variety of jobs.
Sounds like a combination of high tariffs and reversing the immigration pipeline might make it really difficult to fill these ‘good manufacturing jobs.
Luckily, Trump has the geniuses on this site to help out with new solutions – so come on Chicon, how about it janzem, use your brain Tina – where will Trump get these workers?
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Bill, do you think it is a good idea for the US to manufacture its own steel? Ships? Medications? PPE?
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I’m fine Chicon. Are you willing to answer my questions? Are you qualified to work in manufacturing? Do you know people who are?
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My influence here is legendary.
Jason adds numbers to threads, as he is a voracious poster. However, he discourages blog traffic because of how he disrespects those he disagrees with, which is almost everyone except Bitter and BillW.
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Bill, LEGAL immigration would be an excellent option if the need arises.
Sounds like Bill might be happy with the Biden immigration policy and wants an amnesty…..
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“Are you qualified to work in manufacturing? Do you know people who are?”
Yes, and yes.
How about you?
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The mantra is a fact.
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Chicon – I have no problem answering yout questions.
Steel – Should I force US companies to buy US-made steel at $100 per ton higher price than they can get it from South Korea? No. We don’t need to buy overpriced steel.
Have we had problems with the ships & planes made in other countries? I don’t think so. We’ve had lots of problems with ships and planes made in the US. We have kept the GD Electric Boat factory alive to make submarines that cost much more than those we could get from other countries. We buy Boeing airplanes that fall out of the sky.
The Pharma Industry has been lying about drug imports since I have been studying economics…..and yet, many of the best generic drug makers are in Israel, India, and other countries.
I have worn PPE made in other countries. Have you?
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Right….
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I heart illegals and cheap goods from the Ccp.
-freepasser
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Why not take some people off the welfare roles and food stamps, offering them instead substantial manufacturing jobs. I bet people would be surprised at how many would be interested in doing real work rather than living off the government.
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Trump backs down on tariffs. Cultist to claim he is a genius
“President Trump is adjusting his tariff plan today, in particular he’s going to reduce the tariffs charged on cars and car parts which threaten to harm US automakers.
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What ever happened to Vic?
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….and Tina – that is why I seldom spend time posting here. Your reply has no content, no intelligence, and no class.
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Tina continues to demonstrate why she was a Federal employee – adds nothing.
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Yeah, whatever happened to Vic?
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“Your reply has … no intelligence, and no class.”
Yours does?
Bill The Elitist loves to judge others.
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Tina doesn’t think we should have cheaper products from China.
She thinks they should be made here at 5 X the price so only people like her can afford them.
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Cargo volume was up in the first quarter as companies tried to get their imports in before tariffs took effect. Because of that, there’s a stockpile of goods to fill the shelves for the next few weeks, but if imports drop off 35% as anticipated that stockpile will be depleted pretty quickly.
As I’ve said before, there is a long-term case to be made for tariffs as a way to bring manufacturing back to the US, to create jobs and to make the US more self-reliant. All of those are good things, but none of them will happen in a few weeks or months. Those are things that could take years to really accomplish.
Meanwhile the downsides of tariffs for consumers are coming a lot quicker. Maybe you won’t see it next week or the week after but you will be seeing it soon at major retailers.”
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Yes, we need the Ccp medicines too, Who forgot that?
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janzam – Do you really think that $3 trillion worth of imports could be replaced by the labor of a few thousand people now subsisting on TANF and SNAP? TANF spent about $33 billion in 2023 and SNAP around $113 billion.
And by the way, there is no such thing as ‘welfare’ – AFDC has been gone since 1996.
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I did not realize was commenting on anything 0-11 borrowed from d central.
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Bill, do you think it is a good idea for the US to manufacture its own steel? Ships? Medications? PPE?”
I will answer that.
Only if it makes sense economically. The reason a lot of these industries left in the first place is because they could not be made in the US competitively. The plants were obsolete, the labor costs were too high, the unions made it impossible to operate profitably.
In a globablized economy you should concentrate on what you can make competitively, and import what you can’t.
There are a lot of products where it makes sense to import from China, and it doesn’t make sense to make them here.
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“Trump backs down on tariffs. Cultist to claim he is a genius”
Some might recall that the tariffs are used to lower trade barriers. The Ostriches denied that would occur, and therefore get cranky when it happens….
Jason, Bitter and Bill The Elitist allege they favor lower trade barriers, but that’s clearly untrue.
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Yes, the Ccp is struggling. Their sheot is not coming to our shores. They are on an island.
You have to bleee out enemy #1.
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Yes, we need the Ccp medicines too, Who forgot that?”
Zzzzzzz…..
Personally I don’t care where the medicine is made.
I care that it is affordable to as many people as possible who need it.
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And it appears that the freepassers bff, Ccp chairperson Xi has “backed down” on multiple weeks. There is plenty news about today’s backs down.
Yo
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Tariffs do not lower trade barriers. Throwing money down the drain does not make you rich. Rain does not dry things off.
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Some might recall that the tariffs are used to lower trade barriers.”
LOL
F–king for virginity!
No, tariffs are not used to lower trade barriers.
The purpose of tariffs is to INCREASE trade barriers. Tariffs are designed to curtail international commerce, no other “reason”.
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We still need reparations from the Ccp over Covid.
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…and Chicon – kissing Tina’s butt does not make you a better person.
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tariffs are used to lower trade barriers.”
Sometimes you think the Cultists could not say something stupider.
They always surprise you.
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“Tariffs do not lower trade barriers.”
Sure, Bill…..
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We still need reparations from the Ccp over Covid”
I thought you said we funded the research that caused it.
You can’t have it both ways.
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Bill and Jason SAY they like lower trade barriers. Yet neither has ever expressed a way to achieve lower trade barriers they find acceptable. Other than a polite request.
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Pretty sure you wanted Fraudci to get more metals.
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We buy construction materials in our business – ranging from sheet metal, gutters, drains, electrical products to appliances etc. We mostly purchase items manufactured in this country – at a higher price – because they are usually better quality and last longer. Affordability is important but so is a quality control environment like we have here.
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Mute 43 had polite requests.
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There is only ONE reason to impose tariffs. That is to curtail trade and decrease international commerce.
That has always been the purpose of tariffs for centuries.
I know the isolationists here think Trump’s tariffs are “different” and “better” than every other tariff in the history of mankind, but they are not.
Trump’s tariffs are the same as any other tariff.
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Chicon – I actually worked on non-tariff barriers with the EU on a couple of projects for NIST. How about you?
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Btw, I believe we had five or six straight days that the markets went up. I bought Disney and sold it at an $8 a share gain.
I will take the thousands made over a few weeks and enjoy my vacation this summer.
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We mostly purchase items manufactured in this country – at a higher price – because they are usually better quality and last longer.”
BS.
Typical elitist “let them eat cake” garbage.
Many products made in the US are actually inferior to imported products. That was one reason imported cars got such a toehold in the US market.
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“I actually worked on non-tariff barriers with the EU on a couple of projects for NIST”
That explains a lot……
Next you’ll tell us you worked with the UN…..
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Yeah, where IS Vic?
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First new trade deal,now done. India or S Korea would be my “guess.”
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Ccp furniture is absolutely sheot.
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janzam – Your company may have many valid reasons for buying local, even at a higher price – better service, shorter supply lines, faster response times, maintaining business relationships. That may make sense for your company.
That doesn’t make all imports substandard and domestic products better.
It is true that some imported products, many from China, are garbage. I go out of my way to look for US-made hand tools, kitchen gadgets, clothing – and pay more than I would for an import. And don’t even get me started on Christmas Tree Lights!
But many commodities are bought by specification. If Caterpillar can get a ton of the same grade of steel cheaper from South Korea than from US Steel, they should buy the import. Adding a tariff doesn’t help them as a buyer; it doesn’t help their customers; it puts Cat at a disadvantage in selling on the global market. The only people helped by the tariff are the inefficient US producers (and if the government actually collects the tariff) the government.
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Trump has decried free trade and free markets for decades. It is the one thing you can point to him being consistent on: economic protectionism. He describes himself as a “tariff man” and says “tariff is the most beautiful word in the English language”.
Then an imbecilic idiot like Chicon comes here and claims that tariffs, which by definition INCREASE TRADE BARRIERS, don’t really do that, they “lower them”.
Alternative universe.
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Vic is a successful entrepreneur. Maybe he is auditioning for Shark Tank to replace Mark Cuban.
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The only people helped by the tariff are the inefficient US producers”
Yep.
That has ALWAYS been what tariffs are about.
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I bet people would be surprised at how many would be interested in doing real work rather than living off the government.
With exceptions such as disability or age, the people living off the government WANT to continue living off the government.
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Jason sez…”Typical elitist “let them eat cake” garbage.”
Pot, meet kettle…..
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Prolly not a good look for the Ds to elevate gang bangers
EPORT: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is Privately Telling Democrats to Stop the Trips to El Salvador
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