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  • jon-nycJ Online
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    In fairness I agree 250 pencils is excessive. The silver lining of his tariff policies is that we should be able to put the scourge of little girls hoarding pencils behind us once and for all.

    You were warned.

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      I was walking my dog yesterday through the park and I saw a young girl with an armload of pencils, frolicking and whatnot. I was disgusted. I walked up to the mother and gave her a very stern talking to about the manner in which she is raising her daughter.

      Education is extremely important.

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        You’re doing the lord’s work, Horace.

        You were warned.

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        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

          In fairness I agree 250 pencils is excessive. The silver lining of his tariff policies is that we should be able to put the scourge of little girls hoarding pencils behind us once and for all.

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          @jon-nyc said in Trumpenomics:

          In fairness I agree 250 pencils is excessive. The silver lining of his tariff policies is that we should be able to put the scourge of little girls hoarding pencils behind us once and for all.

          I foresee a huge black market opening up in middle schools across the land, and unwitting mules crossing the Mexican border unexpectedly dying of lead poisoning when their internalized pencil cases spring a leak.

          This. THIS is Donald Trump's America.

          I was only joking

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          • HoraceH Horace

            I was walking my dog yesterday through the park and I saw a young girl with an armload of pencils, frolicking and whatnot. I was disgusted. I walked up to the mother and gave her a very stern talking to about the manner in which she is raising her daughter.

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            @Horace said in Trumpenomics:

            I was walking my dog yesterday through the park and I saw a young girl with an armload of pencils, frolicking and whatnot. I was disgusted. I walked up to the mother and gave her a very stern talking to about the manner in which she is raising her daughter.

            The world needs more consumption activists like you. Austerity now, austerity forever!

            Elbows up!

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              Tariffs on foreign made movies?

              He’s completely off his cracker. More crackers than Berlioz!

              Elbows up!

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              • jon-nycJ Online
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                I haven’t seen that. Foreign made movies usually end up in art house theaters where hundreds of people see them. Man we’ll be raking in the bucks.

                You were warned.

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                  BBC reports 100% tariffs on foreign made movies- as per National Security concerns.

                  USA, you have a big problem.

                  Elbows up!

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                    God help us if another Studio Ghibli hit sweeps the nation. To say nothing about the next Wallace and Gromit feature film.

                    You were warned.

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                    • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                      @jon-nyc said in Trumpenomics:

                      I’m old enough to remember when degrowth was a fringe movement on the left. But at least we’re at three or four dolls, up from 2.

                      This is a bit much coming from a guy who's lived his entire life as avariciously as he has.

                      How many gold fucking toilets does one man need?

                      None, of course.

                      jon-nycJ Online
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                      @Doctor-Phibes said in Trumpenomics:

                      @jon-nyc said in Trumpenomics:

                      I’m old enough to remember when degrowth was a fringe movement on the left. But at least we’re at three or four dolls, up from 2.

                      This is a bit much coming from a guy who's lived his entire life as avariciously as he has.

                      How many gold fucking toilets does one man need?

                      None, of course.

                      Funny one from a twitter rando:

                      Upon some consideration, I have to say - I'm not sure that Donald Trump is the most effective spokesman against conspicuous consumption.

                      You were warned.

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                      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                        I’m old enough to remember when degrowth was a fringe movement on the left. But at least we’re at three or four dolls, up from 2.

                        jon-nycJ Online
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                        You were warned.

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                          Greg Lukianoff, CEO of FIRE:

                          Protectionism in the name of poor, little helpless...Hollywood!?
                          And that's before we even get into the morass of first amendment issues ths presents.
                          It's as if every day we @thefireorg get a pop quiz on First Amendment law from the weirdest Con Law 2 class ever offered.

                          You were warned.

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                            Again, as a husband of someone who loves to buy yet another toy or box of crayons when we have more than a surplus already... I very much welcome Trump's perspective on over consumption and border line hoarding. That being said, clearing out clutter isn't exactly my recommendation for economic policy.

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                              Again, as a husband of someone who loves to buy yet another toy or box of crayons when we have more than a surplus already... I very much welcome Trump's perspective on over consumption and border line hoarding. That being said, clearing out clutter isn't exactly my recommendation for economic policy.

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                              @89th

                              At the level given, it does smack of statist micromanagement.

                              Elbows up!

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                                This is so obvious. What are the magats thinking.

                                WSJ: “If other countries imposed reciprocal tariffs, it could devastate Hollywood studios…The U.S. movie industry had a $15.3 billion trade surplus in 2023 and generated a positive balance of trade with every major foreign market.

                                You were warned.

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                                  As Trump said in the interview yesterday (seriously) when asked if he takes responsibility for the economy, "The bad parts are Biden's economy, the good parts are Trump's economy." Not a surprise, but wow.

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                                    “Did the same thing only in reverse” 😂

                                    Link to video

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                                      That was good.

                                      You were warned.

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                                        @89th

                                        At the level given, it does smack of statist micromanagement.

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                                        @Renauda said in Trumpenomics:

                                        @89th

                                        At the level given, it does smack of statist micromanagement.

                                        It certainly does. Also rather of flailing.

                                        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                          You were warned.

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