Current Affairs The Would Be Emperor Has No Clothes (aka POTUS 47)

[kenada_blue]

People can select what information they want to hear now, whether its accurate or woefully misinformed nonsense. Unfortunately, woefully nonsense is usually a lot more fun and easier to digest, so dumb/lazy people tend to plump for the latter

Always someone or something else to blame too

 

[efcste97]

Folk on here complaining that tariff's will result in higher US prices are invariably the same ones who endorse higher domestic taxes on UK companies. Weird.

Either higher costs, taxes & tariff's lead to higher prices that ultimately hurt the domestic consumer or they don't.

No doubt some dimwit will try explain to me I'm not being nuanced enough, or taking a variety of factors into account that only a Keynesian economist can explain.

You do understand that Tariffs are Keynesian right? Austrian and libertarian schools of thought oppose them because they interfere with the free market. Any proper libertarian would be anti-tariffs

I've got a couple of Libertarian friends, they have their own convictions and call out Trump whenever he goes against their principles, let's be honest you're simply a Trump fan with 0 beliefs. You're not the libertarian you claim to be.

 

[efcste97]

Where are ye from, lad?

If he's from liverpool it has to be bootle.

 

[Fedlingen]

If he's from liverpool it has to be bootle.

Bootle via Tallahassee.

 

[verreauxi]

I can’t seem to recall any Americans here endorsing higher taxes on UK companies in the Trump thread, but then again, I’m not the weirdo obsessed troll who makes racist posts about DEI hires while desperately trying to get attention.

 

[efcste97]

Imperialist Trump wants to take over countries yet @dylsexicbleu thinks he's a libertarian

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Where are ye from, lad?

Bootle

 

[Efcjake]

I have a few friends in Canada who like the UK are worried about so many casual voters slipping towards the far right, was curious if trumps egregious actions towards Canada might actually help focus these people to the dangers of populism, or is the cult effect already there?

The cult is already here and has been in a big way for a while.

So many friends of mine have gone this way, I don't see them much any more.

They aren't educated and informed enough to understand the connection between populism and the ridiculous economic pain they're about to feel.

 

[Efcjake]

Going off topic, the slightly odd fella i work with keeps saying various things or people are 'socialist' or 'communist'. Including the current UK Labour Govt.

What happened to people? I'm sure folk were more clued up 10, 15, or 20 years ago.

The internet connected every village idiot and gave them their own village where they think they're geniuses.

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[TN Toffee]

An entirely reasonable ten commas in his first “sentence”. Good lord.

 

[Amw79]

I’m sure the same reasonable folk who’ve been balking at paying 5 bucks for a pack of eggs, are ready and willing to accept massive price increases across the economy to accommodate tariffs.

 

[Efcjake]

You can clearly tell this man doesn't understand what a trade deficit is.

 

[LinekersLegs]

I can’t seem to recall any Americans here endorsing higher taxes on UK companies in the Trump thread, but then again, I’m not the weirdo obsessed troll who makes racist posts about DEI hires while desperately trying to get attention.

I’ve read various econimist’s views on what corporate tax policy should be - the optimum rate, whether it should be different for large/small companies and what segments of business spending should be excluded/favored. Seems to be a wide range of opinions.

Not sure I’ve ever read any economist that thinks that broad, sizeable tariffs are good - certainly not those writing post Smoot-Hawley.

 

[verreauxi]

You can clearly tell this man doesn't understand what a trade deficit is.

What an absolute clown…the all-caps really shows how desperately dumb he is (among 8 trillion other clues).