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  • LuFins DadL Offline
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    LuFins Dad
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    #315

    So… Does anybody think new American piano manufacturing will open up? Does European pianos going up so much allow Steinway to raise their prices? Digital pianos just got a lot more expensive, too.

    The Brad

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    • HoraceH Horace

      Tariff report cards will be coming in with every earnings report of every company. Whatever alleged benefits we'll be seeing as Americans will have a very steep hill to climb to overcome those report cards. They will be even worse if companies keep prices low. There is no wiggling out of these consequences, and there's no clear idea of how the benefits are going to be felt by 90%+ of Americans. You have to be hoping to someday land a manufacturing job to be the target audience for these tariffs.

      Doctor PhibesD Online
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      Doctor Phibes
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      #316

      @Horace said in Trumpenomics:

      You have to be hoping to someday land a manufacturing job to be the target audience for these tariffs.

      How many people actually want that? And can we really go back to labour-intensive manufacturing, rather than a couple of blokes and a whole shit-ton of robots?

      You know what they say about generals preparing to fight the last war....

      I was only joking

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        @Horace said in Trumpenomics:

        You have to be hoping to someday land a manufacturing job to be the target audience for these tariffs.

        How many people actually want that? And can we really go back to labour-intensive manufacturing, rather than a couple of blokes and a whole shit-ton of robots?

        You know what they say about generals preparing to fight the last war....

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        Horace
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        #317

        @Doctor-Phibes said in Trumpenomics:

        @Horace said in Trumpenomics:

        You have to be hoping to someday land a manufacturing job to be the target audience for these tariffs.

        How many people actually want that? And can we really go back to labour-intensive manufacturing, rather than a couple of blokes and a whole shit-ton of robots?

        You know what they say about generals preparing to fight the last war....

        Manufacturing jobs are nobody's American dream. If they are part of a story of an achieved American dream, they'll be the story of a successful person's parents, to illustrate how in touch the successful person is, with struggle.

        Education is extremely important.

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        • HoraceH Horace

          @Doctor-Phibes said in Trumpenomics:

          @Horace said in Trumpenomics:

          You have to be hoping to someday land a manufacturing job to be the target audience for these tariffs.

          How many people actually want that? And can we really go back to labour-intensive manufacturing, rather than a couple of blokes and a whole shit-ton of robots?

          You know what they say about generals preparing to fight the last war....

          Manufacturing jobs are nobody's American dream. If they are part of a story of an achieved American dream, they'll be the story of a successful person's parents, to illustrate how in touch the successful person is, with struggle.

          Doctor PhibesD Online
          Doctor PhibesD Online
          Doctor Phibes
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          #318

          @Horace said in Trumpenomics:

          Manufacturing jobs are nobody's American dream. If they are part of a story of an achieved American dream, they'll be the story of a successful person's parents, to illustrate how in touch the successful person is, with struggle.

          The fathers of many politicians were toolmakers.

          I was only joking

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          • HoraceH Horace

            @Doctor-Phibes said in Trumpenomics:

            @Horace said in Trumpenomics:

            You have to be hoping to someday land a manufacturing job to be the target audience for these tariffs.

            How many people actually want that? And can we really go back to labour-intensive manufacturing, rather than a couple of blokes and a whole shit-ton of robots?

            You know what they say about generals preparing to fight the last war....

            Manufacturing jobs are nobody's American dream. If they are part of a story of an achieved American dream, they'll be the story of a successful person's parents, to illustrate how in touch the successful person is, with struggle.

            LuFins DadL Offline
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            LuFins Dad
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            #319

            @Horace said in Trumpenomics:

            @Doctor-Phibes said in Trumpenomics:

            @Horace said in Trumpenomics:

            You have to be hoping to someday land a manufacturing job to be the target audience for these tariffs.

            How many people actually want that? And can we really go back to labour-intensive manufacturing, rather than a couple of blokes and a whole shit-ton of robots?

            You know what they say about generals preparing to fight the last war....

            Manufacturing jobs are nobody's American dream. If they are part of a story of an achieved American dream, they'll be the story of a successful person's parents, to illustrate how in touch the successful person is, with struggle.

            I’ll disagree with you, there.

            The Brad

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              #320

              Who knew?

              Link to video

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              • LuFins DadL Offline
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                LuFins Dad
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                #321

                The Brad

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                • kluursK Offline
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                  Wonder what would happen if countries were asked for a show of hands of how many nations feel it is a good time to end using the US dollar as the reserve currency for trade?

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                  • kluursK kluurs

                    Wonder what would happen if countries were asked for a show of hands of how many nations feel it is a good time to end using the US dollar as the reserve currency for trade?

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                    Renauda
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                    #323

                    @kluurs

                    In January the BRICS countries were considering such. In response Trump threw a tantrum:

                    https://www.reuters.com/markets/currencies/trump-repeats-tariffs-threat-dissuade-brics-nations-replacing-us-dollar-2025-01-31/

                    I doubt if tantrums will act as a credible deterrent to them.

                    Elbows up!

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                    • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                      Doctor PhibesD Online
                      Doctor PhibesD Online
                      Doctor Phibes
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                      #324

                      @LuFins-Dad said in Trumpenomics:

                      Look at Kush explaining all the clever sums, isn't it adorable?

                      I was only joking

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                        Renauda
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                        #325

                        Holy guacamole! They’re now trying to blind us with all the MAGAt Science.

                        Kush Desai:

                        https://www.business-standard.com/amp/world-news/who-is-kush-desai-donald-trump-s-newly-appointed-deputy-press-secretary-125012500389_1.html

                        He worked for the Daily Caller?

                        That’s like a Canadian having served as a
                        cub reporter for Rebel News

                        Elbows up!

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                          Doctor Phibes
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                          #326

                          Technobabble. As if this bullshit needs all the Greek letters and the confusing looking subscripts.

                          "Consider an environment" my arse.

                          if you unpick the formula above it boils down to simple maths: take the trade deficit for the US in goods with a particular country, divide that by the total goods imports from that country and then divide that number by two.

                          I was only joking

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                          • LuFins DadL Offline
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                            LuFins Dad
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                            #327

                            Most of you’ns don’t really care for Shapiro, but the first 10 minutes or so are useful.

                            Link to video

                            The Brad

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                            • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                              Most of you’ns don’t really care for Shapiro, but the first 10 minutes or so are useful.

                              Link to video

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                              Renauda
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                              #328

                              @LuFins-Dad

                              Listened to the first 10 minutes as you recommended.

                              Shapiro gets it. Why is it so difficult for others to grasp it?

                              Elbows up!

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                              • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                                Most of you’ns don’t really care for Shapiro, but the first 10 minutes or so are useful.

                                Link to video

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                                Horace
                                wrote on last edited by Horace
                                #329

                                @LuFins-Dad said in Trumpenomics:

                                Most of you’ns don’t really care for Shapiro, but the first 10 minutes or so are useful.

                                Link to video

                                Was just coming here to post this. His economic policies were admitted to be reasonable, even by many never-Trumpers on the right. Boy are they not reasonable anymore.

                                Education is extremely important.

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                                  Horace
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #330

                                  Shapiro expresses some optimism at 35:50. Optimism in the form of "I don't think he's this crazy, and so I don't think these tariffs are going to be implemented like that".

                                  Education is extremely important.

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                                    LuFins Dad
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                                    #331

                                    Did you catch the bit where he called the Tariffs unconstitutional? If you get enough of the more traditional Republican senators and Congressmen to hear Shapiro and some of the other more traditional commentators come out hard against the tariffs, and they might actually stand up to Trump.

                                    The Brad

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                                      Horace
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                                      #332

                                      The tariffs have already done plenty of damage, and there is no coherent story about how they will benefit main street. I expect support for them to become politically toxic. Maga can’t run on delusions, not to that extent.

                                      Education is extremely important.

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                                        Horace
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                                        I’m a little surprised the Democrats would want to save Trump from himself on this. I am sure there are plenty of congresspeople on that side who would like to see tariff havoc wrought by Maga. It’s not a political win for them if they block these tariffs, and the economy does well for the next few years.

                                        Education is extremely important.

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                                        • HoraceH Horace

                                          I’m a little surprised the Democrats would want to save Trump from himself on this. I am sure there are plenty of congresspeople on that side who would like to see tariff havoc wrought by Maga. It’s not a political win for them if they block these tariffs, and the economy does well for the next few years.

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                                          Jolly
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                                          #334

                                          @Horace said in Trumpenomics:

                                          I’m a little surprised the Democrats would want to save Trump from himself on this. I am sure there are plenty of congresspeople on that side who would like to see tariff havoc wrought by Maga. It’s not a political win for them if they block these tariffs, and the economy does well for the next few years.

                                          Yep. The Dems might be saying to themselves, what if we try to block him and the damn things work?

                                          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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