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  • jon-nycJ Online
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    jon-nyc
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    #883

    They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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      #884

      Best comment:

      “ Look. Instead of having three iPhones you’ll have to be happy sharing an iPhone. You could attach a cord to it and hang on the wall. Would that be so bad?”

      They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

        Best comment:

        “ Look. Instead of having three iPhones you’ll have to be happy sharing an iPhone. You could attach a cord to it and hang on the wall. Would that be so bad?”

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        taiwan_girl
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        #885

        @jon-nyc LOL

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        • jon-nycJ Online
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          jon-nyc
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          #886

          Second best comment:

          “ Tariffs are simply the name we give to the things we choose to do together.”

          They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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          • jon-nycJ Online
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            #887

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            They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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            • jon-nycJ Online
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              jon-nyc
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              #888

              Imagine pretending to think that China would pay $145 to the US government for the honor of selling me a $100 item.

              It would literally be cheaper to just send us the shit for free.

              They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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                #889

                There are some first rate Speech Pathology clinics out there that specialize in stuttering mitigation therapies.

                Elbows up!

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                • jon-nycJ Online
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                  jon-nyc
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                  #890

                  They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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                  • HoraceH Online
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                    If there were a case to be made that the tariffs would increase long term prosperity, even with some short term pain, so be it, but they never make any such case. They just make the claim. And almost every expert in the world makes the case about why they're wrong.

                    Education is extremely important.

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                      #892

                      There have to be people in the administration who talk the "party line" and then go home and have a strong gargle with salt water to clear out their mouth. Not sure who these people are however.

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                        #893

                        Good news, chaps - we'll soon be able to afford to own British cars. Because if there's one thing I miss about blighty it's standing there in the pouring fucking rain trying to get the bloody thing to start.

                        Trump reduces tarriff on British cars, steel and aluminium to 10%

                        You only get a 'u' with aluminium

                        I was only joking

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                        • jon-nycJ Online
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                          jon-nyc
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                          They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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                          • HoraceH Online
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                            Sounds about right.

                            Education is extremely important.

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                              For my view, I think that we could find alternatives for the rare earth minerals, etc.

                              For me, the more concern is that China is moving in to our traditional allies. The US has lost some of its trusted status, which is a bigger long term problem.

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                                jon-nyc
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                                They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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                                  h/t WTG

                                  People started sharing receipts for tariffs charged to them:

                                  https://www.buzzfeed.com/meganeliscomb/trump-tariff-receipts-may-2025

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                                    jon-nyc
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                                    So we’re apparently backing down to 30% tariffs on China and vice versa for 90 days to have time to make some kind of deal. Futures markets are happy.

                                    They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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                                      So we’re apparently backing down to 30% tariffs on China and vice versa for 90 days to have time to make some kind of deal. Futures markets are happy.

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                                      @jon-nyc When all is finished it will be interesting to see a table of before tariffs vs after tariffs for various countries and see how much (if any) change there was.

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                                        And it will be interesting to see the "concessions" America gets. My guess is, almost nothing meaningful. Because I'm still not convinced that the rest of the world was "ripping us off" as we became the richest nation on earth.

                                        Education is extremely important.

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                                          Well they backed their reciprocal tariff down from 125% to 30% also. Not clear whether they’ve backed off the rare earths moratorium. I haven’t heard about it so I’m guessing not.

                                          They’ll end up, after a lot of drama, with the same formula they use every time they have a trifecta: take away health care and food assistance from low income families and use the money to fund tax cuts for their donors.

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