Trumpenomics

[89th]

[LuFins Dad]

It surely does suck. I’ve been consoling myself with the fact that the Federal Government is no longer actively enabling the sterilization and genital disfigurement of children… I’ll live with having to cut down on steak in exchange for that.

Sure would have been nice to have both steak and healthy children, though.

[Axtremus]

Still better than the alternative, right, @LuFins-Dad ?

[LuFins Dad]

@Axtremus said in Trumpenomics:

Still better than the alternative, right, @LuFins-Dad ?

Reading comprehension fail? That’s what I pretty specifically said.

[89th]

The good news is the government won’t be able to fund sex changes ever again in the future either because in like 10 years we’ll be fresh out of any spending money at all as the interest on national debt absorbs every tax dollar.

[taiwan_girl]

Updated the numbers for 2Q

[89th]

Tariffs ruled illegal again.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/29/trump-trade-tariffs-appeals-court-ieepa.html

[jon-nyc]

Ilya Somin from Reason magazine is one of the lawyers suing the administration.

https://reason.com/volokh/2025/08/29/federal-circuit-rules-against-trumps-massive-ieepa-tariffs-in-our-case-challenging-them/

[jon-nyc]

A little pithy brag.

[jon-nyc]

"Trucks built in the U.S. are actually disadvantaged today compared to trucks built in Mexico," a spokesperson at Volvo's North American unit said.
In April, the company boosted its planned Mexico plant investment by $300 million to $1 billion, aiming to support its U.S. operations.

Volvo owns Mack truck brand too.

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/us-truck-makers-look-cover-trumps-tariffs-raise-costs-2025-08-26/