4th&long Posted November 28 Posted November 28 3 hours ago, JaCrispy said: @4th&long is so pissed because it makes Biden/Harris look like idiots…🤣🤣🤣 You guys believe this? No wonder you voted for him. Not only do we need the dept. Of education we obviously need to put a lot more resources into it!
Orlando Buffalo Posted November 28 Posted November 28 2 hours ago, 4th&long said: You guys believe this? No wonder you voted for him. Not only do we need the dept. Of education we obviously need to put a lot more resources into it! You keep stating the Dept of Education is doing good things-can you name one? It generally makes rules that are untethered from a real classroom and incentives failure because they give much more money to fail than succeed
Niagara Bill Posted December 3 Posted December 3 12 hours ago, BillsFanNC said: This is hilarious since the US has been unable to take over Cuba for 80 years. On 11/27/2024 at 1:26 PM, AlBUNDY4TDS said: To not buy it from Canada? Yeh, let's buy from Venezuela and Saudi. Let's give Islam and commies more control...hmmm
Niagara Bill Posted December 3 Posted December 3 Ok, here is a take from a Canadian. Trump is right about the border, about migrants, about illegals, about Islamic extremists. He is right about military spending. He can use tariffs as leverage, good for him. I welcome this pressure But, I do not believe this is the end of tariffs even if Canada does fix the border issues (and we need to) and increases military spending and NATO issues. Tariffs are a source of short term government income in the US, he needs that with his tax reduction plans. His biggest income grabs are Canada and Mexico trade tariffs. Will it help US industry in the future, yes, will it hurt the US taxpayers, yes, will it isolate the US, yes, will it hurt economies around the world, yes, will it lead to WW3, yes. Trump needs no friends. Never has. Isolation didn't work in 1940s, when every invasion, every naval attack, every air attack took weeks. It will not work when attacks now take minutes. 1
All_Pro_Bills Posted December 3 Posted December 3 17 minutes ago, Niagara Bill said: Ok, here is a take from a Canadian. Trump is right about the border, about migrants, about illegals, about Islamic extremists. He is right about military spending. He can use tariffs as leverage, good for him. I welcome this pressure But, I do not believe this is the end of tariffs even if Canada does fix the border issues (and we need to) and increases military spending and NATO issues. Tariffs are a source of short term government income in the US, he needs that with his tax reduction plans. His biggest income grabs are Canada and Mexico trade tariffs. Will it help US industry in the future, yes, will it hurt the US taxpayers, yes, will it isolate the US, yes, will it hurt economies around the world, yes, will it lead to WW3, yes. Trump needs no friends. Never has. Isolation didn't work in 1940s, when every invasion, every naval attack, every air attack took weeks. It will not work when attacks now take minutes. In general, cooperation is always preferable to confrontation. And in this case with Canada and Mexico, I'm not clear on exactly what either country is doing in violation of existing trade agreements, law, or business practices. Tariffs can be useful when it comes to addressing "dumping" activities or predatory practices but they won't solve the structural and cost realities of the US. As a substitute for other forms of domestic taxation my view is "show me". I'll believe it when I see it. Trump also threatened the BRICS nations with tariffs and other actions over their plans to develop a dollar substitute for currency reserves and trade settlement. But that threat lacks context. Simply, that initiative is a reaction driven by the US government's penchant for imposing economic and banking sanctions as a policy instrument to punish any country either disregarding or acting in opposition to Washington. As far as the BRICS are concerned their actions are out of necessity rather than desire. The idea is to avoid having your assets either frozen or confiscated simply because Washington has the ability to do it for one reason or another.
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