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POTUS 45.42: Who Needs Tax Increases? If You're Rich Just Write A Check.

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Having more than two or three bumper stickers should be probable cause for some sort of crime and/or custody of minor children.
 
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St. Clown said:
Yes, it's quite apparent when you start showing up with the latest alt-right fad of calling people with whom you disagree an NPC.

NPC = non-playable characters, for those not up on their computer game, and lately adopted para-Nazi lingo. And they use it to reference people who are liberal of mind.
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A group of socially-awkward weirdos calling others socially-awkward weirdos?

Projection!
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Apparently this was the guy's truck.

Seems like a well-adjusted individual who would be fun to talk to.

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"C'mon, only a liberal plant would have that much Trump stuff on their truck," yell a bunch of twitter accounts whose profiles are plastered with pictures of Trump and MAGA hashtags.
 
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Also, a quick turnaround on the arrests. Almost like the FBI is a very competent law enforcement organization who knows what they are doing.
 
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French Rage said:
Also, a quick turnaround on the arrests. Almost like the FBI is a very competent law enforcement organization who knows what they are doing.
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The FBI deep state is very competent. Its leadership and outside influences are a messy disaster.
 
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Handyman said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"Trump’s tariffs are hurting America" <a href="https://t.co/PNdnfylvUv">https://t.co/PNdnfylvUv</a> <a href="https://t.co/yJdgpZ1G4t">pic.twitter.com/yJdgpZ1G4t</a></p>— The Hill (@thehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1055825399651950597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 26, 2018</a></blockquote>
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The part I found the most revealing:



Not only is it hurting American job growth and money, but it is actually raising the deficit it was put in place to fix because China was smart enough to realize they can do the same thing we do and just get it cheaper somewhere else.

Sounds exactly like a Republican plan. Create a solution to a problem that doesnt exist and then watch as it destroys the very thing it was created to fix.
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It makes sense in the short term that the more we buy in the US the more the trade deficit would grow with China, and as the US economy has heated up, we're obviously buying more, tariffs notwithstanding.

I had a conversation with Mrs. McBadgerton yesterday about Chinese tariffs. She works for a relatively small company (couple billion+ in sales) that mainly sources from China/Asia, to which she will be traveling again in a few weeks. Their Chinese vendors have been asked to absorb existing tariffs, and further, asked to absorb any future tariffs up to 25%. The Chinese expect currency manipulation to account for about 5% and the remaining 20% they have all, so far, agreed to absorb. So in these cases and under those conditions, American consumers are going to pay $0 more for Mrs. McB's products. Assuming her company's US sales grow, they will buy even more from China which will, of course, contribute to an increased trade deficit, however the US Treasury will be pocketing up to 25% on every transaction. At this level at least, and in this industry, it doesn't appear to be negatively affecting the US at all, but rather the Chinese will be financing cash into the US treasury. I was a bit surprised by that.
 
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French Rage said:
Also, a quick turnaround on the arrests. Almost like the FBI is a very competent law enforcement organization who knows what they are doing.
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Except when they investigate sexual assault...

No I wont let them slide on that.
 
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Wisko McBadgerton said:
It makes sense in the short term that the more we buy in the US the more the trade deficit would grow with China, and as the US economy has heated up, we're obviously buying more, tariffs notwithstanding.

I had a conversation with Mrs. McBadgerton yesterday about Chinese tariffs. She works for a relatively small company (couple billion+ in sales) that mainly sources from China/Asia, to which she will be traveling again in a few weeks. Their Chinese vendors have been asked to absorb existing tariffs, and further, asked to absorb any future tariffs up to 25%. The Chinese expect currency manipulation to account for about 5% and the remaining 20% they have all, so far, agreed to absorb. So in these cases and under those conditions, American consumers are going to pay $0 more for Mrs. McB's products. Assuming her company's US sales grow, they will buy even more from China which will, of course, contribute to an increased trade deficit, however the US Treasury will be pocketing up to 25% on every transaction. At this level at least, and in this industry, it doesn't appear to be negatively affecting the US at all, but rather the Chinese will be financing cash into the US treasury. I was a bit surprised by that.
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That is great for her industry...I can tell you firsthand that is not the case elsewhere. Ones i know either had to find other Asian buyers (Vietnam or Cambodia) or they are taking serious bath. Consumers might be ok for now but the businesses are feeling it bad.
 
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Dude's twitter is pretty much the same as every other Trump follower.
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Many Trump allies say a terroristic attack on Democratic leaders has become a media conspiracy to undermine the president ahead of the November midterms <a href="https://t.co/GGGwcsAHyi">https://t.co/GGGwcsAHyi</a></p>— POLITICO (@politico) <a href="https://twitter.com/politico/status/1055859150993809408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 26, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What we know: <br><br>➡️ 56-year-old Cesar Sayoc arrested in South Florida<br>➡️ Appears to have a criminal history in Broward County<br>➡️ Law enforcement source says DNA evidence on one of the devices played a part in leading investigators to the suspect<a href="https://t.co/QnNHOg3AOe">https://t.co/QnNHOg3AOe</a> <a href="https://t.co/vtvmMkgOuc">pic.twitter.com/vtvmMkgOuc</a></p>— CBS This Morning (@CBSThisMorning) <a href="https://twitter.com/CBSThisMorning/status/1055858600562843649?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 26, 2018</a></blockquote>
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So Florida-Flaggy ended up being exactly like we thought he would?
 
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Handyman said:
That is great for her industry...I can tell you firsthand that is not the case elsewhere. Ones i know either had to find other Asian buyers (Vietnam or Cambodia) or they are taking serious bath. Consumers might be ok for now but the businesses are feeling it bad.
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Shifting production to Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Korea, etc. is all good for us, good for them, and not good for China, even if we're still buying from some Chinese pass-throughs for the time being. The issue we want to avoid is inflationary consumer pricing. It doesn't seem clear at this point how much of that will materialize in the near term. That is not to say it won't become an issue, just that it's not clear when or how much, vs. how much and how soon China really feels the squeeze. It's just much less certain to me than it at first appeared to be.
 
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Is Trump going pay Florida-Flaggy's legal fees or is that another financial promise he welches on?
 
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