Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread
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wrote on 14 Mar 2025, 14:08 last edited by
Yeah regarding poverty and real wages, not sure where that claim comes from @Jolly do you have numbers to back up that claim?
Poverty reductions by President:
- Clinton: Reduced by 3.8%
- Obama: Reduced by 1.6%
- Trump: Reduced by 0.8%
Real-wage grow by President, the green line is the 1st quartile of wage earners:
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Anybody here know anybody who has "buyer remorse" from the election?
I am guess it is still too early for that to happen. Maybe best to come back to this question end June.
wrote on 14 Mar 2025, 14:19 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
Anybody here know anybody who has "buyer remorse" from the election?
I am guess it is still too early for that to happen. Maybe best to come back to this question end June.
The tariff stuff has to calm down. I don't think very many of his voters were expecting the fifth fastest stock market correction in history. The global market and its efficiencies are sort of a big deal, and America's prosperity depends on it. So does America's piggy bank, the stock market.
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@taiwan_girl said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
Anybody here know anybody who has "buyer remorse" from the election?
I am guess it is still too early for that to happen. Maybe best to come back to this question end June.
The tariff stuff has to calm down. I don't think very many of his voters were expecting the fifth fastest stock market correction in history. The global market and its efficiencies are sort of a big deal, and America's prosperity depends on it. So does America's piggy bank, the stock market.
wrote on 14 Mar 2025, 14:27 last edited by RenaudaThe global market and its efficiencies are sort of a big deal, and America's prosperity depends on it. So does America's piggy bank, the stock market.
I agree.
I know I’ve said before but….
You cannot fool the market. In fact you cannot fool the market any more than you can fool the law of gravity. Any politician(s) in past who thought they could, failed. Sometimes with catastrophic consequences. This time round won’t be any different.
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Anybody here know anybody who has "buyer remorse" from the election?
I am guess it is still too early for that to happen. Maybe best to come back to this question end June.
wrote on 14 Mar 2025, 15:48 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
Anybody here know anybody who has "buyer remorse" from the election?
Pretty much all the democrats, they really blew a great opportunity.
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wrote on 15 Mar 2025, 21:49 last edited by Renauda
Clearer idea about the tariffs, maybe……
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-global-tariffs-canada-1.7484790
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wrote on 16 Mar 2025, 00:12 last edited by
So ... will Ontario re-impose that 25% surcharge on electricity exported into the USA?
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wrote on 16 Mar 2025, 00:29 last edited by Renauda
Maybe. Quebec might even open their breakers too.
Nothing is off the table.
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wrote on 16 Mar 2025, 19:57 last edited by
Billboard Chris has an interesting proposal. Why don’t we just buy Canada? Offer every living Canadian resident $100K if they vote to become part of the US… That would be about $4 Trillion… A lot of money, but think of the resources!
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wrote on 16 Mar 2025, 19:59 last edited by
And yes, I know it doesn’t work that way… Just found it amusing…
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Billboard Chris has an interesting proposal. Why don’t we just buy Canada? Offer every living Canadian resident $100K if they vote to become part of the US… That would be about $4 Trillion… A lot of money, but think of the resources!
wrote on 16 Mar 2025, 20:08 last edited by Horace@LuFins-Dad said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
Billboard Chris has an interesting proposal. Why don’t we just buy Canada? Offer every living Canadian resident $100K if they vote to become part of the US… That would be about $4 Trillion… A lot of money, but think of the resources!
You'd only need to buy 51% of the votes. Maybe only pay the women to vote for it. That way, opposition to the plan would be misogynistic.
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And yes, I know it doesn’t work that way… Just found it amusing…
wrote on 16 Mar 2025, 20:40 last edited by Renauda@LuFins-Dad said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
And yes, I know it doesn’t work that way… Just found it amusing…
We however, are not amused.
Not in the least.
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@LuFins-Dad said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
Billboard Chris has an interesting proposal. Why don’t we just buy Canada? Offer every living Canadian resident $100K if they vote to become part of the US… That would be about $4 Trillion… A lot of money, but think of the resources!
You'd only need to buy 51% of the votes. Maybe only pay the women to vote for it. That way, opposition to the plan would be misogynistic.
wrote on 16 Mar 2025, 20:45 last edited by@Horace said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
@LuFins-Dad said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
Billboard Chris has an interesting proposal. Why don’t we just buy Canada? Offer every living Canadian resident $100K if they vote to become part of the US… That would be about $4 Trillion… A lot of money, but think of the resources!
You'd only need to buy 51% of the votes. Maybe only pay the women to vote for it. That way, opposition to the plan would be misogynistic.
Well, technically only 50% of the population is registered to vote, so you really only need like 26% of the population, which brings the cost down to $1 Trillion. But to assure you win the vote, you really need to go every man woman and child’s. I might say no if I am getting $100K, but $400K for my family?
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wrote on 16 Mar 2025, 20:51 last edited by
Never.
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wrote on 16 Mar 2025, 20:56 last edited by
Okay, we’ll put you in the no column. 5,999,999 to go..
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wrote on 16 Mar 2025, 21:00 last edited by
They’d lose more than that in health and retirement benefits.
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wrote on 16 Mar 2025, 21:02 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
They’d lose more than that in health and retirement benefits.
Shhhhhhh….
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wrote on 16 Mar 2025, 21:10 last edited by Horace
I've heard this statistic about how Canada's per capita domestic product is lower than the lowest American state, Mississippi. I wonder if that's a tricky thing to compare, maybe having to do with health care industry expenses being included or excluded depending on whether it's privatized in a country. I doubt CA standard of living is lower than MS on average.
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wrote on 16 Mar 2025, 21:16 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
They’d lose more than that in health and retirement benefits.
There would be no reason for that. They have the funds and the programs already built. There is no reason that they can’t continue. States can have their own state run healthcare and retirement plans if they choose…
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I've heard this statistic about how Canada's per capita domestic product is lower than the lowest American state, Mississippi. I wonder if that's a tricky thing to compare, maybe having to do with health care industry expenses being included or excluded depending on whether it's privatized in a country. I doubt CA standard of living is lower than MS on average.
wrote on 16 Mar 2025, 21:18 last edited by RenaudaI've heard this statistic about how Canada's per capita domestic product is lower than the lowest American state, Mississippi.
I’ve also heard stories that some UEssers, we call U’alls (mostly from or residing in former secessionist states), also thInk Canadians live in teepees and igloos.
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@LuFins-Dad said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
Billboard Chris has an interesting proposal. Why don’t we just buy Canada? Offer every living Canadian resident $100K if they vote to become part of the US… That would be about $4 Trillion… A lot of money, but think of the resources!
You'd only need to buy 51% of the votes. Maybe only pay the women to vote for it. That way, opposition to the plan would be misogynistic.
wrote on 16 Mar 2025, 21:23 last edited by@Horace said in Canadian Tariff situation gets its own thread:
Maybe only pay the women to vote for it.
And pay them only 83¢ for every dollar you would pay the men to do the same, amirite?