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US Tariffs, Sigh!

Stacey K

I like making signs
Trump has more bankruptcies to his records than hair on his head. Please don't drink everything he says, he lies every 2 sentences. He's not a great businessman, he left many workers unpaid, he getting all veterans against him, he never paid his faire share of taxes... c'mon be realistic, you cannot admire the guy for his accomplishments. We also have a clown on our side but the difference here, nobody likes him and as he's walking out of the office right now, nobody will burn his shirt for him. 'Hope someday you'll see clearly before it gets too late.
I like to keep in mind something my son said last race car season to some guy who got in face about how to race. "When you win more races than me, then I'll listen to you. Until then, I'm going to listen to drivers who are winners." - (we were waiting for the fists to fly but the guy just walked away LOL)

Trump has more money than all of us on this forum put together. Clearly, he's a better businessman than all of us. And he didn't get it from being a politician.
 

Geneva Olson

Expert Storyteller
Yes, please, and one that cites sources and preferably peer reviewed....
oh, dear nate. That peer review from a university is CRAP. LOL. good ole dr at stanford asking his buddy at yale and harvard to make sure he's right isn't quite the peer review you think it is.
 

BigNate

New Member
oh, dear nate. That peer review from a university is CRAP. LOL. good ole dr at stanford asking his buddy at yale and harvard to make sure he's right isn't quite the peer review you think it is.
I did not say peer reviewed from a university.... from anyone who can reasonable be trusted in the field they are showing... and with evidence open enough to pass the 'silly test'

btw, you replied to both of us without actually answering or providing sources... I too am very interested in learning truths wherever they come from. If you cannot provide anything, then why keep saying you can?
 

Geneva Olson

Expert Storyteller
I did not say peer reviewed from a university.... from anyone who can reasonable be trusted in the field they are showing... and with evidence open enough to pass the 'silly test'

btw, you replied to both of us without actually answering or providing sources... I too am very interested in learning truths wherever they come from. If you cannot provide anything, then why keep saying you can?
I'm asking for specifics. What information are you asking that I provide sources for?
 

ikarasu

Active Member
I like to keep in mind something my son said last race car season to some guy who got in face about how to race. "When you win more races than me, then I'll listen to you. Until then, I'm going to listen to drivers who are winners." - (we were waiting for the fists to fly but the guy just walked away LOL)

Trump has more money than all of us on this forum put together. Clearly, he's a better businessman than all of us. And he didn't get it from being a politician.
By that logic, he's also had more bankrupt companies , defaulted on more payments than everyone in this forum combined.... So he's also the worst businessman than any of us. So what if the country goes the negative way instead of the positive?


Even so... Should the country be run like a business? It feels like it is, but it feels like he's trying to be the big Walmart that eats up and absorbs every other store in the neighborhood.... Something I thought most people were against. Decades of diplomacy and relationships seem to be getting thrown out the window.... I get make America grea again, but it shouldn't be make America great again at the expense of every other country...


See, the more I read people's opinions on here, the more it makes me realize, it's not that people are against what Trump's trying to do, to a certain degree... It's more how he's going about doing it. And I'll be blunt and say it, I know it'll get certain people riled up.... But I really feel like if Trump we're doing what he claims, and what you guys think he's doing, he's very shitty at it and doesn't know what hes doing, and while the sentiment of making America better again is there, and some of the stuff he has done is achieving that... This whole tarrifng the world thing has put you guys in a much worst situation then when you started.

A lot of Republicans, and very vocal trump upporters like Ben Shapiro even (yes, I watch some Shapiro, like I said..I don't disagree with everything) and fox news economy analysts are saying the same thing. A few economists are saying they feel like what's going on is going to make America go into a recession and they can't see the benefit for the country,but they believe Trump is playing 4d chess and just hasn't got to the point where it is better... Even though they don't see how.


A country isn't like a business, you shouldn't play games and take huge risks, it shouldn't be thrive or go bankrupt. Especially when you're willing to take other countries down with you.

Am I biased for being a Canadian? Sure.... I don't see any upside to tarrifs on Canada, for my country or for yours... Only downsides. And it bugs me that he throws out trade "deficits" as proof America is getting screwed, when it doesn't work that way... Then everyone parrots what he says.

Trump's more of a showman than a politician, he knows how to get people to believe he's accomplishing stuff and believe in made up excuses as to why he's accomplishing it....

I tried to stay non political / not bring up trump.l, and just focus on policies and why they're bad... But when the guy calls our prime minister (your equivlant to president) a governor, then freaks out when Trudeau made a personal plea and addressed him as Donald instead of president, constantly threatens to take over Canada and make it the 51st state, as well as do dumb shit like say the USMCA is the worst trade deal ever, who would have signed such a thing.. when it was him who did it and at the time said what a great deal it was for America, he just looks like a crazy man who wants attention when he shouldn't get any.

If you agree with tarrifs, making Canada the 51st state, invading Greenland and taking panama canal by force, that's one thing. But I feel like most Americans, not just democrats, but even Republicans don't.... But trump is so idolized that no one speaks up against it.
 

RabidOne

New Member
Canada has had tariffs on U.S.A.'s Dairy for years, depending on the product they vary, but generally are between 200% and 300%... what percentage of the Canadian dairy market do you suppose comes from the U.S.A.? likewise, what percentage of the U.S.A.'s dairy is sold to Canada

(Hint, very very low, basically rounding errors...)

Historically Tariffs have always had a negative effect of trade - to all involved parties.

The US has 200-300% tariffs on Canadian dairy too.... for over quota amounts agreed to in our trade agreements (the last one negotiated and signed by Donald Trump).
The amount of tariffs applied to dairy on both sides of the border is basically zero, because neither side sells beyond the quote.
 

JBurton

Signtologist
preferably peer reviewed....
That's just slang for a full blown conspiracy... at least that's how it seems to be perceived.
oh, dear nate. That peer review from a university is CRAP. LOL. good ole dr at stanford asking his buddy at yale and harvard to make sure he's right isn't quite the peer review you think it is.
See.

I really don't understand what the professors have to gain in cooking numbers anywhere, vs politicians with campaign donations and stock portfolios that they make laws influencing. But I'm a lowly Arkansan, what do I know? At times, I wonder if a republican really thinks when they hear the stuffy voices on npr;
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BigNate

New Member
The US has 200-300% tariffs on Canadian dairy too.... for over quota amounts agreed to in our trade agreements (the last one negotiated and signed by Donald Trump).
The amount of tariffs applied to dairy on both sides of the border is basically zero, because neither side sells beyond the quote.
yeah, no argument there... Tariffs are bad for free trade - how much dairy actually goes back and forth? how much would go both directions if no tariffs existed?

and this is "because neither side sells beyond the quot(a)".... the Tariffs are why the trade is functionally restricted to the quota - no tariff would equate to no quota and free trade. --- wouldn't it be great to send all out surplus milk north and get amazing Canadian cheese back!
 

GAC05

Quit buggin' me
It looks like we tried this before in 1909. It seems to have had little effect on either side, so we gave it up in 1972.

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