POG Politics Thread Version 3

Why are pharmaceuticals exempted?

To pacify the liberal elites with Ozempic habits?

Whoops, Trump just lost Amp's vote. :p

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when we buy their goods, we transfer our dollars for their labor - essentially buying their lived lives

this was seen as a "deficit" by people who fantasize about swimming in towers filled with gold coins

now instead we are facing ruined retirements, empty storeshelves, and an increased lag in technological development

but hey, at least Europe is rearming itself!

? I don't agree with any of that. Especially long term.

I do agree that if the Federal Government doesn't start controlling spending and the deficit, there WILL be economic hell to pay.

What is the magic mechanism by which tariffs on the entire world don't decimate the US economy?

By stimulating middle class job creation.

You'll need to expand on that.
Where are these middle class jobs? Doing what?

Do you think there are a bunch of empty, tooled up factories waiting for unionized employees to come make iPhones or whatever?

Yes. Plenty of closed manufacturing plants that moved to Canada and Mexico. Just look at Michigan.

What's your estimated timeline for when the positive effects of these begin to be seen?

Starting now and ramping over the next couple years?

Okay, and how will you define a success here?

Trump 3rd term?

I used to enjoy playing tennis against a wall.

The tariffs on remote islands inhabited only by penguins may take slightly longer to pay off.

We could move ornery Greenland inhabitants there. As a side bonus, they may not notice.

If successful, we could also ship off some misbehaving Canadians.

you know money is just made up

the "budget" and the "deficit" are just columns in Excel

this is human sacrifice by policy

Huitzilopochtli clawing at the remains

Amazon says no no. Pay up or off to Walmart you go.

tapping the sign at the death camp

fox news plays at the casino. today it said Hitler got off a submarine in Argentina after ww2

Did you enjoy Gutfeld?

i've seen gutfield mentioned in the forum here, but idk who he is.

another big thing on fox today was someone refused to compete against a trans fencer? I think it was fencing. idk. BIG NEWS!!!!!

What's your investment advice to survive this economic turmoil?

From Nate Silvers X post, two stocks were up significantly today!

Any guesses?