Reminding the voters that once again the tariffs are not necessary or for national security and can be turned on and off at Trumpās whim because people like their current senator are pieces of shit? Bold strategy.
His base seem to have the memories of goldfish.
Iām sure he has to be breaking laws here, but what else is new.
Trump added a number of Canadian products to the 50% tariff list to offset the tariff relief provided ā in his order, including carpets, paints, waste, shampoos, cocoa powder, wooden coffins, ice cream sticks, air-conditioning machines, chest freezers, archery equipment and canoes.
The headline doesnāt tell the whole story: Trump removed tariffs from same Canadian products, and added tariffs to others. This is strictly to help Collins, not provide any improvement in the USās relationship with Canada.
Fuck Trump, fuck Collins and fuck every Republican
You mean fuck the Alt-right and conservatism, friend.
Remember when they made Jimmy Carter sell his peanut farm? Pepperidge farms remembers.
Apparently he didnāt sell it till after his presidency, in 1981. Not to take away from the point youāre making, thoughā¦
Carter put his peanut farm into a blind trust during the presidency ā he didnāt sell it.
Trumpās order exempted āplywood sheets, some paper products, certain machinery and refrigeration equipment, and packing crates and boxes, as well as fresh and dried seaweed, the White House said.
Ottawa should play an Uno Reverse card and put export tariffs on all of these goods equal to exactly what trump just removed keeping the price of these goods exactly the same to Maine voters. Canada can use the tariff revenue to subsidize other Canadian goods trump has put import tariffs on to help out those Canadian industries.
Dominic LeBlanc, Canadaās minister responsible for trade with the US, said Ottawa was āassessing Trumpās latest tariff change. āCanada stands ready to āwork constructively and in good faith towards ā a more mutually beneficial trading relationship that respects Canadaās interests,ā LeBlanc said in a statement
I hope this means export tariffs from Canada.
Export tarrifs is a sketchy game to start playing. We still buy a bunch of food and other important stuff from the USA. I try not to, but I wouldnt want to impact food security.
Maybe the people selling tge specialized stuff to farmers just increase their price for Americans. This is definitely a situation where we the individuals have the collective power to fuck them.
No, that would do the opposite. Import tariffs are paid by the buyer and export tariffs are paid by the seller. It would still raise the price for the end customer, but at Canadiansā expense instead of at Americansā expense.
No, that would do the opposite. Import tariffs are paid by the buyer and export tariffs are paid by the seller. It would still raise the price for the end customer, but at Canadiansā expense instead of at Americansā expense.
Think beyond step one.
Iām highly confident the Canadian sellers would feel no need to do the US buyer any favors, by shouldering the export tariffs. In response to the creation of export tariffs, Canadian sellers would raise their prices the account for the new costs, those costs would be passed onto US buyers. Because the net price of the item the US buyer is paying doesnāt change, the US buyers wouldnāt even bat an eye and simply pay it like they always do.
While a business owner might have a mild interest in the geopolticial reason for an expense, to the business, the reason is immaterial. The result is what matters; how much the invoice is to get X input the business requires. If they have previously been paying $5 extra per unit to the US Government for import tariffs, and that disppears but the price of the item from Canada goes up $5 (because the Canadian seller raised the price to cover the new export tariffs the seller is paying), the end resulting price to being the exact same and it is simply business as usual to the US buyer. In this case here, if the US buyerās price doesnāt even change, Iām not even sure theyād notice.
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Trumpās order exempted āplywood sheets, some paper products, certain machinery and refrigeration equipment, and packing crates and boxes, as well as fresh and dried seaweed, the White House said.
I read that as āTrump hates American timber producers et al.ā
If the Republicans are going to engage in blatantly dishonest spin, turnabout is fair play.
Was is for Collins, or because the separatists lost?
Did they already lose? Thatās great news.
The only thing that he could do to help Susan Collins out is get this back to normal:
https://www.maineoil.com/zone6.asp?type=0
Until then, Trump and Collins can go fuck themselves. Theyāre both responsible for this. And this will be their undoing.
But I thought America didnāt need anything from Canada?
Jokes on them, I already early voted for Troy! I still wouldnāt have voted for her anyway.
On a related note, my Susan Collins mailer collection has graduated from tablecloth to wallpaper.
The mailers this election season are absolutely fucking unreal. I literally got 11 of them in a single day. My mailman was shaking his head as he was gathering them to drop in my mail box. Iām still getting bombarded with texts, junk mail, phone calls, etc. long after I voted early, also for Troy.
Easiest ballot I ever casted - straight D votes. So tired of the brain-damaged, shameless conservative agenda, egregious lies, support only for the rich and complete lack of support for 90% of Americans. Fuck MAGA, fuck Trump, fuck Hegseth, fuck Stephen Miller and fuck you, Susan Collins, for supporting all of them blindly you sad, worthless coward of a human being. I hope this election makes you concerned for yourself.
Susan Collins is a criminal.
