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The offical Trump Tariff thread

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by astros123, Feb 1, 2025.

  1. raining threes

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    You just made up all of this ****, right?

    Are you parroting what the Trump Admin is saying?
     
  3. raining threes

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    Or follow the laws that are on the books.

    Have lower taxes
    Less inflation
    Let the middle class wages increase
    etc...

    That's some pretty good honey there.
     
  4. No Worries

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    Like Canadian lumber for new houses?

    Be better.
     
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    not really. I was making fun of Trump. He is like a bad parent who keeps telling misbehaving kids that they better stop or else there will be consequences, and there never is.
     
  6. raining threes

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    1. You might want to checkout the trade deals and why didn't Biden do these trade deals. Trade deals benefit America. Anything that saves/puts money back into our economy is a good thing.

    2. I haven't noticed this at all, in fact China just did a trade deal with us.

    3. Nothing have changed since Trump started deporting illegals in my world. Maybe instead of posting you should spend some time looking at a dictionary. Start with looking up the definition of the word ILLEGAL.

    4. This is something an elitist would say. Ask any hourly worker if the no tax on overtime/ no tax on tips will make a difference in their daily lives?

    5. I noticed that Trump is living up to the campaign promises he made. Which is quite refreshing. You just dont like his policies.

    6. 77 million people do like what Trump's policies/agenda's are you're going to have to learn how to deal with being in the minority. You know like when Biden was in power and foster generational debt on this country to try to force the Green New Deal down the throats of the American people whether they liked it or not.
     
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    Ok i will bite.

    what are the time periods of inflation we will be measuring? can you provide a trendline?
    same for the middle class wage..please specify what it was and is now, how you got that # so we can go back and look at it a few years from now.
     
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    All I will tell you is this, inflation is way down under Trump compared to Biden.

    The tax breaks are going to help middle class workers, no tax on tips/no tax on overtime is a great thing for them.
     
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    he sent one to Korea and other countries as well

    LMAO

    imagine the leader of a nation receiving this nonsense from this embarrassing buffoon

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    Things we need that we dont have. You know like rare minerals.
     
  11. Sajan

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    inflation for what? there are many categories.
    are you saying overall?

    because for "all item"
    it was 2.4% in sept 2024 and it's 2.4% now.
    https://www.bls.gov/charts/consumer-price-index/consumer-price-index-by-category-line-chart.htm

    food categories are trending up.

    happy to break it down further.
    i didn't ask about the tax breaks. let's discuss inflation numbers.
     
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    I'm telling what I saw at the grocery store this 4th of July weekend.
     
  13. raining threes

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    Inflation was like 9% when Biden was in office thanks to the Green New Scam disguised as the Inflation REDUCTION act. Now it's down to 2% last time I looked at it. All this economy needs to really take off is for Powell to lower the interest rate 1/2%. or resign. When is his term up?
     
  14. Sajan

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    ok. so there's no point of discussing anything with you.
    just like every other MAGAt, you default back to bullsht claims. Cannot produce a singular coherent argument against NUMBERS. Geezus.

    bye.
     
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    US Inflation
    2021: 4.7%
    2022: 6.5%
    2023: 4.1%
    2024: 2.9%
    2025 year over year: 2.4%

    2.9% was breaking your back?

    I will help you along here.

    Is there a trend from 2023 to 2024 to 2025?

    In any Biden year, was the inflation rate "like 9%"?
     
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    These are the exact words of Mad King Don. Exact. We do know that Mad King Don knows jack **** about economics. See every Trump comment wrt Tariffs ... China is paying for the tariffs, just like Mexico is paying for The Wall.

    BTW all this economy needs to take off is for you to figure out that the economy already has ... for quite some time.
     
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    Yup.
    He is making **** up and doesn't understand basic supply and demand. maybe he thinks biden wasn't laying enough eggs? who knows at this point how these MAGAt brains work.



    Egg prices are setting new records in 2025. The combination of inflation and highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has caused egg prices to rise more than 350% per dozen compared to this time last year
    https://www.fb.org/market-intel/egg-prices-continue-setting-records
     
  18. Sajan

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    I wonder what caused inflation to be above normal rates..


    IRA or GLOBAL FREAKING PANDEMIC THAT DISRUPTED EVERY SINGLE SUPPLY CHAIN.


    oh def the green new scam. that sounds more catchy.
     
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    Oh dear, you consider trumps trade deals with England and Vietnam to be big winners? Or are you admiring his letters threatening tariffs that he previously threatened before?

    Or are you conflating trade deals with other countries with some private investments (by companies, which you know are different from countries)?

    As to the latter, private investment is always good, Biden was successful on that front with tech. Trump has announced some things, but given the fake bill of goods he sold during term 1 with Foxconn, you’ll have to forgive me if I’m not an idiot and just believe what is pedaled. The Foxconn deal went the way of the beautiful wall to be paid by Mexico. You Not aware, or just choosing to ignore?

    Care to identify the “trade deals” with China? I mean actual ones, not stupid stuff that Trump tweets. All I see is Trump giving ground on giving China access to tech because he painted himself into a corner with Xi and Xi said no rare earth minerals for you.

    I don’t know how it is “elitist” for me to say what’s in Trumps bill. I don’t understand why you would be so happy about tax breaks for people who don’t need it. Those breaks should be sent elsewhere, like middle class and blue collar workers. Ok, there are tax breaks on tips up to some dollar thresholds. Why not make those breaks bigger by not giving tax breaks to high earners. How hard is that to understand?

    It is entirely your right to be happy Trump won and that “he is doing what he said he would do”. The reality is that you’re gonna be happy with trumps actions no matter what. I’m simply suggesting that you might have a more accurate assessment of how things are going if you lived in the factual world.
     
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    Russian invasion, in Feb 2022, of Ukraine making food inflation worse
    as wheat prices surge


    Russia’s invasion of Ukraine caused an immediate disruption in the global wheat market, with serious implications for food prices and
    global food security. Wheat is a staple commodity in many countries and one of the most extensively traded crops worldwide.

     
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