Anonymous wrote:
From Chris Murphy - Tariffs are a means to compel loyalty from every business that needs to petition Trump for relief
https://x.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1907630514493681847
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: Stellantis announces they are immediately laying off 900 American workers at five auto plants across the US because of Trump’s tariffs.
Hmm. Lutnick must have misspoke then. He said that the U.S. would have a “leap” in manufacturing jobs starting today. He must have meant into the abyss.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:
We're going to have to wait until next week, or maybe after Easter, until the House comes back to town. Johnson sent them home on Tuesday in a hissy fit.
Because he’s too afraid to allow members with newborns to vote by proxy for six weeks. #Priorities
Allowing proxy votes is probably unconstitutional. Certainly anything Republicans pass would get thrown out by a Democrat judge saying proxy vote.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If tariffs are unfair, why is it ok for other countries to put them on USA made goods?
Who said they were unfair? They are economically destructive to the US at the rates and breadth Trump is doing them.
People on this thread, saying it is a tax on Americans, hurting the poor and helping the wealthy.
Don't other countries realize this when they are putting tariffs up?
sure, but the US started this trade war right now. It's like saying Ukrainians shouldn't fight back against the Russians because their citizens are dying. When another country tries to hurt you, you don't just roll over because your people might get hurt.
The other countries put up their tariffs first.
Don't ask Grok about tariffs, it doesn't understand them. Use your own brain instead of a chatbot. Other countries did not put up their tariffs first. When Trump uses the words "reciprocal tariffs", he is wrong. He is using the wrong words. These tariffs aren't reciprocal, we are raising them first.
What are the tariff rates for US goods being sold in Vietnam?
How about Europe?
Are you saying the answer is zero?
Who cares? We barely export any goods. We are not competitive in manufacturing because our labor is too expensive.
3.5 trillion in exports.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If tariffs are unfair, why is it ok for other countries to put them on USA made goods?
Who said they were unfair? They are economically destructive to the US at the rates and breadth Trump is doing them.
People on this thread, saying it is a tax on Americans, hurting the poor and helping the wealthy.
Don't other countries realize this when they are putting tariffs up?
sure, but the US started this trade war right now. It's like saying Ukrainians shouldn't fight back against the Russians because their citizens are dying. When another country tries to hurt you, you don't just roll over because your people might get hurt.
The other countries put up their tariffs first.
Don't ask Grok about tariffs, it doesn't understand them. Use your own brain instead of a chatbot. Other countries did not put up their tariffs first. When Trump uses the words "reciprocal tariffs", he is wrong. He is using the wrong words. These tariffs aren't reciprocal, we are raising them first.
What are the tariff rates for US goods being sold in Vietnam?
How about Europe?
Are you saying the answer is zero?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If tariffs are unfair, why is it ok for other countries to put them on USA made goods?
Who said they were unfair? They are economically destructive to the US at the rates and breadth Trump is doing them.
People on this thread, saying it is a tax on Americans, hurting the poor and helping the wealthy.
Don't other countries realize this when they are putting tariffs up?
sure, but the US started this trade war right now. It's like saying Ukrainians shouldn't fight back against the Russians because their citizens are dying. When another country tries to hurt you, you don't just roll over because your people might get hurt.
The other countries put up their tariffs first.
Don't ask Grok about tariffs, it doesn't understand them. Use your own brain instead of a chatbot. Other countries did not put up their tariffs first. When Trump uses the words "reciprocal tariffs", he is wrong. He is using the wrong words. These tariffs aren't reciprocal, we are raising them first.
What are the tariff rates for US goods being sold in Vietnam?
How about Europe?
Are you saying the answer is zero?
None of this has anything to do with tariff rates. It is solely based on trade deficits.
Trump's big chart was misleading because the tariffs listed for the other countries aren't actually the tariffs. Correct?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If tariffs are unfair, why is it ok for other countries to put them on USA made goods?
Who said they were unfair? They are economically destructive to the US at the rates and breadth Trump is doing them.
People on this thread, saying it is a tax on Americans, hurting the poor and helping the wealthy.
Don't other countries realize this when they are putting tariffs up?
sure, but the US started this trade war right now. It's like saying Ukrainians shouldn't fight back against the Russians because their citizens are dying. When another country tries to hurt you, you don't just roll over because your people might get hurt.
The other countries put up their tariffs first.
Don't ask Grok about tariffs, it doesn't understand them. Use your own brain instead of a chatbot. Other countries did not put up their tariffs first. When Trump uses the words "reciprocal tariffs", he is wrong. He is using the wrong words. These tariffs aren't reciprocal, we are raising them first.
What are the tariff rates for US goods being sold in Vietnam?
How about Europe?
Are you saying the answer is zero?
None of this has anything to do with tariff rates. It is solely based on trade deficits.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If tariffs are unfair, why is it ok for other countries to put them on USA made goods?
Who said they were unfair? They are economically destructive to the US at the rates and breadth Trump is doing them.
People on this thread, saying it is a tax on Americans, hurting the poor and helping the wealthy.
Don't other countries realize this when they are putting tariffs up?
sure, but the US started this trade war right now. It's like saying Ukrainians shouldn't fight back against the Russians because their citizens are dying. When another country tries to hurt you, you don't just roll over because your people might get hurt.
The other countries put up their tariffs first.
Don't ask Grok about tariffs, it doesn't understand them. Use your own brain instead of a chatbot. Other countries did not put up their tariffs first. When Trump uses the words "reciprocal tariffs", he is wrong. He is using the wrong words. These tariffs aren't reciprocal, we are raising them first.
What are the tariff rates for US goods being sold in Vietnam?
How about Europe?
Are you saying the answer is zero?
Who cares? We barely export any goods. We are not competitive in manufacturing because our labor is too expensive.
3.5 trillion in exports.