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The Trump trade wars?
Thursday, March 15, 2018 7:22 AM
6IXSTRINGJACK
Thursday, March 15, 2018 10:44 AM
SECOND
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Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: lol.. Trudeau. Just as big a joke as Trump is for a whole set of different reasons. Do Right, Be Right. :)
Thursday, March 15, 2018 11:40 AM
THGRRI
Thursday, March 15, 2018 12:37 PM
Thursday, March 15, 2018 12:46 PM
Thursday, March 15, 2018 12:54 PM
SIGNYM
I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.
Quote: I'd rather give my friends a better deal and even impoverished nations than my enemies. Trump missed our enemies and hit our allies. That makes no sense at all. Unless you are interested in serving Putin and kowtowing to China.- THUGR
Quote:Lets face it. That's exactly what this is.- THUGR
Quote:Remember, NATO's military budget is more than Russia's and that's a big boon to us. NATO works as a collective. Some are wealthier than others. Some just escaped the oppressive yoke of the Soviet Union. We need to help them out and give them time.- THUGR
Quote:Sig cares nothing for any of that. She spreads the seeds of doubt, which is also a part of Putin's agenda. - THGUR
Thursday, March 15, 2018 1:13 PM
Thursday, March 15, 2018 1:51 PM
Thursday, March 15, 2018 2:55 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: As I have posted ... over and over... and over and over ... restoring our manufacturing is more than just about jobs. It is a matter of national security ... not (just) military security but also robustness against disaster, man-made or otherwise. It is also about restoring our balance of trade. IMHO, nations should be about balanced: A large deficit means that you owe a lot of people money. But a large surplus isn't good either- it means that you rely on others to purchase your goods, which may become a problem - as China found out in 2008 when our purchases of Chinese goods suddenly tanked and screwed up their economy. Businessmen in China were committing suicide because of that. The usual argument for "free trade" is "efficiency", but "efficiency" shouldn't be the only metric that is used to judge systems. "Efficient" systems ... where production is located into only a few of the most efficient locations, and deliveries are all "just in time" ... creates points of failure, which is a fragile configuration: Such as when the only factory in the world (in Japan) which made specialized chip-making plastics caught on fire, and chip fabrication was halted worldwide for six months; thanks to reliance on one source and lack of inventory. So robustness and sustainability are also important metrics, and distributed production is part of that robustness. I made that point in "What are America's interests?" and elsewhere. Yes, it is a long-range and broad-scope view of things, but that's how you retain your mental balance when everyone is trying to spin you. ----------- Pity would be no more, If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876
Friday, March 16, 2018 8:09 AM
Quote: A 25% price increase is too much to pay for national security, robustness, sustainability, business owners committing suicide, whatever. How about the alternative? We buy from who we please and pay less? If California and Trump are worried about security, robustness, sustainability and Chinese suicides then you are welcome to pay more tariffs than Texas does, because Texans doesn’t care about any of that.- SECOND
Quote:It is very possible to have different tariffs for different states as it is possible to have different state sales taxes. The right tariff for CA is 25%. The right tariff for TX is 0.0%. I have solved the problem. Now you can be happy. - SECOND
Friday, March 16, 2018 8:11 AM
Friday, March 16, 2018 7:21 PM
BRENDA
Friday, March 16, 2018 8:59 PM
Friday, March 16, 2018 9:55 PM
Friday, March 16, 2018 10:06 PM
Friday, March 16, 2018 10:09 PM
Friday, March 16, 2018 10:32 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Don't take it personal Brenda. I didn't say that Trudeau was a con man. I'm not aware of Trump lying to any world leaders. I'm sure Trudeau is doing his best to serve "peoplekind". Do Right, Be Right. :)
Friday, March 16, 2018 10:33 PM
Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Oh, I have a left-wing Canadian friend who used to live in Israel and Palestine, and he despises Trudeau. Partly for his consistently pro-Zionist stance, but for other reasons as well. Maybe because of Trudeau's cozy relationship with the CIA. I'll my friend why; I'm sure I'll get an earful. I won't be disrespectful and mention Trudeau's awesome derrière. ----------- Pity would be no more, If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876
Saturday, March 17, 2018 8:30 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Quote:Originally posted by SIGNYM: Oh, I have a left-wing Canadian friend who used to live in Israel and Palestine, and he despises Trudeau. Partly for his consistently pro-Zionist stance, but for other reasons as well. Maybe because of Trudeau's cozy relationship with the CIA. I'll my friend why; I'm sure I'll get an earful. I won't be disrespectful and mention Trudeau's awesome derrière. ----------- Pity would be no more, If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake America is an oligarchy http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.aspx?tid=57876 If you won't. I won't.
Saturday, March 17, 2018 8:35 AM
Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Don't take it personal Brenda. I didn't say that Trudeau was a con man. I'm not aware of Trump lying to any world leaders. I'm sure Trudeau is doing his best to serve "peoplekind". Do Right, Be Right. :) I'll agree that Trudeau went over the top with that. "Humanity" is a perfectly good word and all that is needed. Given this is first time holding real power, I don't find him objectionable.
Saturday, March 17, 2018 1:42 PM
Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Quote:Originally posted by Brenda: Quote:Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK: Don't take it personal Brenda. I didn't say that Trudeau was a con man. I'm not aware of Trump lying to any world leaders. I'm sure Trudeau is doing his best to serve "peoplekind". Do Right, Be Right. :) I'll agree that Trudeau went over the top with that. "Humanity" is a perfectly good word and all that is needed. Given this is first time holding real power, I don't find him objectionable. He's got a Dad who previously held his post that wasn't too popular with a lot of people. Particularly the 8 of 10 Provencal Governments who opposed him but were forced to adopt his Constitution Act in 1982. Ain't nepotism dandy? It'd be like Chelsea Clinton or one of Trump's kids being President of the USA in the next decade or two. GWB, anyone? Do Right, Be Right. :)
Monday, April 23, 2018 9:50 AM
Quote:I’m sure that the White House carefully thought all this through before HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
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