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The most common question I get on here is: If tariffs are so bad, why do other countries use them?
The answer: They basically don't.
Most of our trading partners have almost no tariffs, and the few they have are in politically powerful sectors.
The answer: They basically don't.
Most of our trading partners have almost no tariffs, and the few they have are in politically powerful sectors.
July 17, 2025 at 8:38 PM
The most common question I get on here is: If tariffs are so bad, why do other countries use them?
The answer: They basically don't.
Most of our trading partners have almost no tariffs, and the few they have are in politically powerful sectors.
The answer: They basically don't.
Most of our trading partners have almost no tariffs, and the few they have are in politically powerful sectors.
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“If I am understanding the numbers correctly, the latest version of their tax scam, the top 0.1 percent stand to gain $255,000 on average in 2027 alone,” McGovern said.
“That is $700 a day every day.” https://trib.al/gzYgDSJ
“That is $700 a day every day.” https://trib.al/gzYgDSJ
May 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
“If I am understanding the numbers correctly, the latest version of their tax scam, the top 0.1 percent stand to gain $255,000 on average in 2027 alone,” McGovern said.
“That is $700 a day every day.” https://trib.al/gzYgDSJ
“That is $700 a day every day.” https://trib.al/gzYgDSJ
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A U.S. household now needs to earn $114,000 annually to afford a median-priced home.
That's up 70.1% from $67,000 just six years ago, per Realtor com
That's up 70.1% from $67,000 just six years ago, per Realtor com
May 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A U.S. household now needs to earn $114,000 annually to afford a median-priced home.
That's up 70.1% from $67,000 just six years ago, per Realtor com
That's up 70.1% from $67,000 just six years ago, per Realtor com
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"If I just trace it, they will be none the wiser and the money is mine!"
All of us, age 9
All of us, age 9
May 3, 2025 at 1:24 AM
"If I just trace it, they will be none the wiser and the money is mine!"
All of us, age 9
All of us, age 9
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"How the U.S. Government Used Your Taxes Last Year"
#priorities 😦 #taxdayreceipt #eggsprice
Source: ips-dc.org/2025-tax-day...
#priorities 😦 #taxdayreceipt #eggsprice
Source: ips-dc.org/2025-tax-day...
April 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
"How the U.S. Government Used Your Taxes Last Year"
#priorities 😦 #taxdayreceipt #eggsprice
Source: ips-dc.org/2025-tax-day...
#priorities 😦 #taxdayreceipt #eggsprice
Source: ips-dc.org/2025-tax-day...
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So we had an earthquake today, and something amazing happened…
April 15, 2025 at 2:49 AM
So we had an earthquake today, and something amazing happened…
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"A Wall Street Journal analysis of daily financial statements issued by the Treasury Department found government spending since the [Trump] inauguration is $154 billion more than in the same period in 2024 during the administration of former President Joe Biden."
See How Government Spending Is Up Even as Musk Touts Savings
The Musk team’s estimated $150 billion in savings barely makes a dent in $6.8 trillion of expenditures largely on autopilot, a WSJ analysis finds.
www.wsj.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"A Wall Street Journal analysis of daily financial statements issued by the Treasury Department found government spending since the [Trump] inauguration is $154 billion more than in the same period in 2024 during the administration of former President Joe Biden."
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Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss:
Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000
There’s a lesson there.
Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000
There’s a lesson there.
April 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss:
Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000
There’s a lesson there.
Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000
There’s a lesson there.
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Yes, businesses absolutely need to show the tariff at the checkout screen. Don't hide it into the cost of the product.
April 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Yes, businesses absolutely need to show the tariff at the checkout screen. Don't hide it into the cost of the product.
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It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
April 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.
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It’s like Watergate, only in this version Nixon directly mails the tapes to Woodward and Bernstein
March 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It’s like Watergate, only in this version Nixon directly mails the tapes to Woodward and Bernstein
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What's the human toll of America's for-profit insurance industry?
Our latest digs into the grim numbers of an industry rooted in greed, where people "literally can't afford to breathe" and roughly a third of the health care dollar is spent propping up a "bloated, Byzantine insurance industry.”
Our latest digs into the grim numbers of an industry rooted in greed, where people "literally can't afford to breathe" and roughly a third of the health care dollar is spent propping up a "bloated, Byzantine insurance industry.”
“I can’t afford my oxygen”: The human toll of health insurance profits
A veteran physician explains how our system inflates costs and leaves Americans sicker and poorer.
www.motherjones.com
December 16, 2024 at 1:58 PM
What's the human toll of America's for-profit insurance industry?
Our latest digs into the grim numbers of an industry rooted in greed, where people "literally can't afford to breathe" and roughly a third of the health care dollar is spent propping up a "bloated, Byzantine insurance industry.”
Our latest digs into the grim numbers of an industry rooted in greed, where people "literally can't afford to breathe" and roughly a third of the health care dollar is spent propping up a "bloated, Byzantine insurance industry.”
Nuts!!
Blue Cross Blue Shield in Connecticut, New York and Missouri has declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia for the full length of some surgeries.
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
It the procedure goes over a certain time, anesthesia will not be covered for the duration.
www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Won’t Pay for the Complete Duration of Anesthesia for Patients’ Surgical Procedures
In an unprecedented move, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans representing Connecticut, New York and Missouri have unilaterally declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia care if the surgery or pro...
www.asahq.org
December 4, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Nuts!!
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If implemented, Trump’s plan to impose 25 percent tariffs on all goods from Mexico and Canada would result in an estimated loss of $250.6 billion in annual U.S. gross domestic product and approximately 1.97 million jobs.
newrepublic.com/post/188950/...
newrepublic.com/post/188950/...
Trump Responds to Potential Trade War With Bonkers Joke
Torpedoing the U.S. economy is just a joke to Donald Trump.
newrepublic.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:21 PM
If implemented, Trump’s plan to impose 25 percent tariffs on all goods from Mexico and Canada would result in an estimated loss of $250.6 billion in annual U.S. gross domestic product and approximately 1.97 million jobs.
newrepublic.com/post/188950/...
newrepublic.com/post/188950/...
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An important and revealing graphic from @nytimes.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:21 PM
An important and revealing graphic from @nytimes.com
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Dealing with health insurance in literally any capacity is a galling, debasing humiliation for every American, an insulting slog of unwinnable absurdity that should cause anyone unironically calling this the “greatest country in the world” to spontaneously combust.
September 24, 2024 at 2:07 AM
Dealing with health insurance in literally any capacity is a galling, debasing humiliation for every American, an insulting slog of unwinnable absurdity that should cause anyone unironically calling this the “greatest country in the world” to spontaneously combust.
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France on Friday showed off to the world the gleaming restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral, just over a week before the 850-year-old mediaeval edifice reopens following painstaking restoration after a devastating 2019 fire ➡️ https://u.afp.com/59E5
November 29, 2024 at 4:47 PM
France on Friday showed off to the world the gleaming restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral, just over a week before the 850-year-old mediaeval edifice reopens following painstaking restoration after a devastating 2019 fire ➡️ https://u.afp.com/59E5
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In 2022, Mexico supplied 51% of the fresh fruit imported to the United States
November 27, 2024 at 6:38 PM
In 2022, Mexico supplied 51% of the fresh fruit imported to the United States
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Trump aims to deport 11 million people. In no year of his first term did he manage to deport even 300,000 people. In fact, Obama deported more people in six of his eight years in office than Trump did in any of his four years.
November 27, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Trump aims to deport 11 million people. In no year of his first term did he manage to deport even 300,000 people. In fact, Obama deported more people in six of his eight years in office than Trump did in any of his four years.
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Trump’s mass deportation plan will cost $88 billion a year, the American Immigration Council estimates -- nearly twice the budget of the National Institutes of Health and four times NASA’s budget. German Lopez www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/b...
Donald Trump’s Immigration Plans
We explore Trump’s mass deportation goals.
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Trump’s mass deportation plan will cost $88 billion a year, the American Immigration Council estimates -- nearly twice the budget of the National Institutes of Health and four times NASA’s budget. German Lopez www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/b...
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Bird flu, a virus that can also affect humans, has been discovered in a batch of raw milk sold in California store refrigerators, state regulators said Sunday.
It comes just a few days after a child tested positive for bird flu for the first time in U.S. history.
It comes just a few days after a child tested positive for bird flu for the first time in U.S. history.
Bird flu detected in raw milk sold at California store
The H5N1 virus was found in a sample of unpasteurized milk at a store, prompting a recall of one batch. Health agencies have warned against the growing dietary fad.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Bird flu, a virus that can also affect humans, has been discovered in a batch of raw milk sold in California store refrigerators, state regulators said Sunday.
It comes just a few days after a child tested positive for bird flu for the first time in U.S. history.
It comes just a few days after a child tested positive for bird flu for the first time in U.S. history.
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Yar, the sea, she was angry that day
October 6, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Yar, the sea, she was angry that day