You're giving Trump way too much credit. Sure, he wants to destroy democracy because it limits his power, but he simply isn't smart enough to use tariffs to do that (though they might actually do that). He's doing it for the same reasons he does everything: revenge, stroking his ego, and showing how "strong" he is.
You’re wrong. 100% wrong. Listen to what he says publicly. He’s using the tariffs to extract money, loyalty, gifts, control over businesses and their employees. He knows EXACTLY what he’s doing. Underestimating him makes you the fool.
He gets them to beg for mercy one by one and tells them he’ll release their company or their industry from the tariffs if they will just fire all employees who didn’t vote for him, or who refuse to send him a $100 donation to whatever fake organization he’ll create.
So totally agree. Tariff's, freezes, disappearances, they are extortion instruments that he can pull out of thin air. Easiest thing ever, has nothing to do with improving ANYTHING. Fascinating the cover stories, antisemitism blah blah blah, waste fraud and abuse blah, alien enemies act blah blah. It's not stupidity (but stupidity is in the mix somewhere) it's an out an out shakedown.
Stephen Miller knows which shiny toy will keep Trump's gnat-span attention. Tariffs have always been way up there. Murphy's argument makes perfect sense because those driving this administration (not Trump but Miller and Project 2025) do indeed desire the end of central government. They will use any stratagem to get the rest of us to kill it.
The goal is to impoverish over 90% of the US population and completely destroy the middle class. A historical anomaly which rose up primarily in the USA post WWII Myself, and others have been sounding the alarm for over 20 years, but were called ridiculous "that can't happen" Well it can and it is. People with 100k/yr jobs and 500k in 401ks thought they were "wealthy" and belonged to the Mar a Lardo club Wrong! your miniscule "wealth" can evaporate in a day, and you can be homeless and in the breadline in 90 days. You voted for this, so enjoy!
Impossibly expensive goods and loss of employment will drive hundreds of thousands if not millions out of their homes, which real estate vultures will scoop up at fire sale prices. Also part of the plan. Homes will then all become owned by real estate conglomerates. The "trickle down" will be reduced to a few droplets here and there, Good time to be a billionaire!! Elmo wants to be the very first trillionaire.
The way to reduce trade deficits is to make things here that other people want and bring them to the global market at a compoetitive price point Nah,,,tooo hard. Just blow everything up instead!!
Tariffs will do NOTHING except drive prices of everything UP. They are a punitive TAX that American consumers will pay Punitive measures never work if they did, the WAR onDrugs would have been successful Further, Trump's authority to impose them all by his wittle self is questionable His authority comes under wartime emergency power. So,. who are we at war with and what is the big national emergency other than some uber wealthy critters think they are paying too much tax. Tariffs will fund tax breaks for those guys,
It's also likely that this is deliberate market manipulation to help Trump's super rich gangster pals buy everything really cheap when the global economy collapses.
401K - that’s a good one. 401K plans are a scam designed to put your retirement funds where the shitweasels in the financial sector can more easily help themselves. If they steal your Social Security they can go to prison. So their solution is to do away with Social Security and replace it with more easily pilfered 401Ks.
A 401K is trusting people like Jamie Dimon and Peter Thiel to look out for your interests. Probably not the smartest move you could make.
You are 100% correct Speaking as a retirement and estate planning and funding professional I despise them I could fill this page with horror stories of people who lost up to 80% of what they saved right before retirement. Without exception I advise people to never, never put retirement savings at market risk For every person I've seen who made a killing in the markets, i've seen 20 who got killed.
" Can replace/any human job. " Scary. Just scrolling on my cell phone, I can see where AI is creating problems, not solving them.
You're giving Trump way too much credit. Sure, he wants to destroy democracy because it limits his power, but he simply isn't smart enough to use tariffs to do that (though they might actually do that). He's doing it for the same reasons he does everything: revenge, stroking his ego, and showing how "strong" he is.
You’re wrong. 100% wrong. Listen to what he says publicly. He’s using the tariffs to extract money, loyalty, gifts, control over businesses and their employees. He knows EXACTLY what he’s doing. Underestimating him makes you the fool.
He gets them to beg for mercy one by one and tells them he’ll release their company or their industry from the tariffs if they will just fire all employees who didn’t vote for him, or who refuse to send him a $100 donation to whatever fake organization he’ll create.
So totally agree. Tariff's, freezes, disappearances, they are extortion instruments that he can pull out of thin air. Easiest thing ever, has nothing to do with improving ANYTHING. Fascinating the cover stories, antisemitism blah blah blah, waste fraud and abuse blah, alien enemies act blah blah. It's not stupidity (but stupidity is in the mix somewhere) it's an out an out shakedown.
Berkshire Hathaway is heavy in cash.
Soon stock prices will be very low.
Soon B-H will be richer than before.
Could there be a relation...
Stephen Miller knows which shiny toy will keep Trump's gnat-span attention. Tariffs have always been way up there. Murphy's argument makes perfect sense because those driving this administration (not Trump but Miller and Project 2025) do indeed desire the end of central government. They will use any stratagem to get the rest of us to kill it.
“Dictator 4 Dummies.” = “ Project 2025 Mandate for Leadership”
Nah, they shit their pants and say ' Guess what I had for lunch?'
The goal is to impoverish over 90% of the US population and completely destroy the middle class. A historical anomaly which rose up primarily in the USA post WWII Myself, and others have been sounding the alarm for over 20 years, but were called ridiculous "that can't happen" Well it can and it is. People with 100k/yr jobs and 500k in 401ks thought they were "wealthy" and belonged to the Mar a Lardo club Wrong! your miniscule "wealth" can evaporate in a day, and you can be homeless and in the breadline in 90 days. You voted for this, so enjoy!
Impossibly expensive goods and loss of employment will drive hundreds of thousands if not millions out of their homes, which real estate vultures will scoop up at fire sale prices. Also part of the plan. Homes will then all become owned by real estate conglomerates. The "trickle down" will be reduced to a few droplets here and there, Good time to be a billionaire!! Elmo wants to be the very first trillionaire.
Tariffs will also create new career opportunities for smugglers. Yay!!
The way to reduce trade deficits is to make things here that other people want and bring them to the global market at a compoetitive price point Nah,,,tooo hard. Just blow everything up instead!!
Tariffs will do NOTHING except drive prices of everything UP. They are a punitive TAX that American consumers will pay Punitive measures never work if they did, the WAR onDrugs would have been successful Further, Trump's authority to impose them all by his wittle self is questionable His authority comes under wartime emergency power. So,. who are we at war with and what is the big national emergency other than some uber wealthy critters think they are paying too much tax. Tariffs will fund tax breaks for those guys,
"Democratic Senator Chris Murphy, who has emerged as one of the leaders of the opposition to Trump"
I guess he emerged after he voted for Lil' Marco because voting for Orange Turd's cabinet picks doesn't seem very oppositiony to me.
Ta, Evan. That stupid motherfucker knows NOTHING about how ANYTHING works. I appreciate your posting Chris Murphy's thread.
It's also likely that this is deliberate market manipulation to help Trump's super rich gangster pals buy everything really cheap when the global economy collapses.
That's part of the plan Absolute economic power! Sweet!!
401K - that’s a good one. 401K plans are a scam designed to put your retirement funds where the shitweasels in the financial sector can more easily help themselves. If they steal your Social Security they can go to prison. So their solution is to do away with Social Security and replace it with more easily pilfered 401Ks.
A 401K is trusting people like Jamie Dimon and Peter Thiel to look out for your interests. Probably not the smartest move you could make.
You are 100% correct Speaking as a retirement and estate planning and funding professional I despise them I could fill this page with horror stories of people who lost up to 80% of what they saved right before retirement. Without exception I advise people to never, never put retirement savings at market risk For every person I've seen who made a killing in the markets, i've seen 20 who got killed.