For or against tariffs?

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LtownTaxpayer

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StmarysCity79 said:
Businesses tied to Republican former U.S. President Donald Trump received at least $7.8 million in foreign payments from 20 countries during his four years in the White House, Democratic congressional investigators said Thursday.
U.S. House of Representatives Oversight Committee Democrats said the payments detailed in the 156-page report are likely a fraction of the foreign payments made to Trump and his family during his 2017-2021 administration.

These countries spent — often lavishly — on apartments and hotel stays at Donald Trump's properties — personally enriching President Trump while he made foreign policy decisions connected to their policy agendas with far-reaching ramifications for the United States," the report said.
The countries included China, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Malaysia.
Trump's campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Trump, a businessman before his election, broke with U.S. precedent and did not divest from his businesses or put them into a blind trust when he took office, instead leaving his adult sons to manage them.
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The countries received a service for the money that was exchanged. You can bet it was scrutinized heavily and if a charge could have been made, it would have been. In typical fashion the democrats made a lot of inferences without supporting documentation so their media partners could help them try to make hay with it. No go!! The Bidens got paid a lot of money and didn't offer goods and services in exchange for it. Thus why Biden (or his auto pen) pre-emptively pardon the members of his crime family.
 
BOP

BOP

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LtownTaxpayer said:
Some people change their opinion on tariffs. I guess it is only a good idea when a democrat says it.

View attachment 187412 nancy & company - tariffs
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If you haven't watched that on X, it's worth the watch.

It's not hard to see how Plastic Nancy was the Powerhouse that she was. She still wields quite a bit of influence, though nowhere near what she did in her prime.

She's another Demonrat who's never had a regular job outside of politics. I mean, her undergrad degree is in political science.

There's a Gutfeld episode about tariffs and no real-world experience Demonrats I'll post in a minute.
 
BOP

BOP

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Gutfeld was on a roll in this episode. Discussion: tariffs and no real-world experience outside of politics Demonrats.

 
BOP

BOP

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StmarysCity79 said:
Says the person who suggested people only get taxed for stuff they use negating the entire point of the system.

"Why am i paying taxes for schools when i don't have kids". I want to live around a bunch of uneducated folks"

"It's my right"
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The irony is ironic.
 
PeoplesElbow

PeoplesElbow

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I'm thinking these tariffs may need to be more targeted. Let me explain, I buy a lot of pretty expensive test equipment, about $100k range or so for each piece. All of this equipment is made in the US, but it is full of nothing but foreign sourced electronic components such as resistors, capacitors, LCD displays, processors etc. I'm wondering if such "Assembled in the USA" type equipment manufactures will find it cheaper to just offshore for cheaper labor etc and just pay the end tariff vs paying it on all their materials and a premium for US labor. We do export of lot of machinery, medical equipment etc. that is no doubt full of foreign sourced components. A bit worried of losing these types of manufactures due to the nature of their products. One thing is for certain, you can bet your ass many manufactures are calculating what the cheapest way to make things will be and are hedging their bets.
 
Hijinx

Hijinx

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If you buy anything electronic or with a PCB board in it you can be assured that there are parts from everywhere in the world in it.
 
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