Trump​ ❤️ Tariffs

[Joe Ferguson forever]

9 minutes ago, Pokebball said:

you'll be fine, i promise

forgive me for not being reassured.  if your home is part of your retirement, it's also taking a hit.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/24/march-home-sales-drop.html

[JDHillFan]

4 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

True or false regulations are reactive, not proactive?

Take it up with the Obama administration. 
 

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/node/73651

 

The subtitle - “Paring Back Unnecessary Regulations”

 

your claim was ridiculous. Nobody is suggesting you not believe it though. 

[Pokebball]

22 minutes ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

forgive me for not being reassured.  if your home is part of your retirement, it's also taking a hit.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/24/march-home-sales-drop.html

This short, deep correction was anticipated months ago. Wait a year to sell your home

[Big Turk]

25 minutes ago, JDHillFan said:

Take it up with the Obama administration. 
 

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/node/73651

 

The subtitle - “Paring Back Unnecessary Regulations”

 

your claim was ridiculous. Nobody is suggesting you not believe it though. 

 

And why would I listen to anything from the same guy who claimed "Banks were too big to fail", handed them billions of dollars in taxpayer funded bailouts for them brazenly violating laws, committing fraud and destroying many people's lives, all while their companies made billions and billions of dollars in profit off that bailout, never faced any real consequences for their actions(which should have landed many of them in jail) and paid out hundreds of millions in bonuses. 

 

Would be like the cops catching you breaking into a mansion and robbing it and then not only not arresting you, but helping you load up you trunk with valuables and giving you a police escort home.

Edited 6 hours ago by Big Turk

[Joe Ferguson forever]

29 minutes ago, Pokebball said:

This short, deep correction was anticipated months ago. Wait a year to sell your home

you are shameless.  Show me a respected source who predicted the worst housing market in nearly 20 years.  I'll wait.  btw, tell construction workers to wait til next year.  tell me how that goes.

Edited 6 hours ago by Joe Ferguson forever

[The Frankish Reich]

China: no negotiations until you withdraw your unilateral tariffs.

Trump: wait a minute, "someone spoke to someone, I can't tell you who"

 

Markets go up. Insanity continues.

[Doc Brown]

1 hour ago, Big Turk said:

 

True or false regulations are reactive, not proactive?

Mostly reactive although there's a lot of proactive regulations when it comes to climate change.  We contribute to climate change but how much we do is overstated imo.  There's a certain arrogance in thinking that we alone are the reason for climate change.  Forcing car companies to rapidly curb the emissions of greenhouse gases, hydrocarbons, and nitrogen oxides in gas powered vehicles by 2027 is an example of that.  All that would do is make gas powered cars more expensive as I doubt the more expensive hybrid and electric vehicle prices going down. So basically it's similar to tariffs in that it's a tax on the consumer. 

 

The problem with reactive regulations is you're assuming they were written competently, based off sound research, and actually address the problem.  If the regulation falls into that category it's unlikely to be eliminated because it might cost a few regulatory jobs and there's no incentive to do so.

[Joe Ferguson forever]

36 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said:

China: no negotiations until you withdraw your unilateral tariffs.

Trump: wait a minute, "someone spoke to someone, I can't tell you who"

 

Markets go up. Insanity continues.

Bessent says no negotiations, China says no negotiations, trump says there are negotiations.  hmmm, who do you believe?  trump is reeling right now.  trying to put on a poker face but it's not working.  our enemies smell weakness.

[Andy1]

The x.com article below from April 6th is a great explanation of why Trump tariffs won’t work. Some stuff has changed since he wrote this but principles still apply. 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by Andy1

[Roundybout]

 

 

Impossible! Who could have seen this coming?

 

 

[Big Blitz]

Not much time for the politics this week.  
 

Draft weekend….
 

 

[Pokebball]

3 hours ago, Joe Ferguson forever said:

you are shameless.  Show me a respected source who predicted the worst housing market in nearly 20 years.  I'll wait.  btw, tell construction workers to wait til next year.  tell me how that goes.

Not sure why you suggest shame.

 

I did understand clearly what was coming. Many did. Sorry you didn't

[Doc Brown]

2 hours ago, Andy1 said:

The x.com article below from April 6th is a great explanation of why Trump tariffs won’t work. Some stuff has changed since he wrote this but principles still apply. 

 

I said when the whole stupid tariff thing started and the markets freaked out the best case scenario was it was a trash and cash scheme.  Nothing else made sense.