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re: breaking: Trump puts 25% tariff on Colombia, bans travel, sanctions their banking sector

Posted on 1/26/25 at 8:11 pm to
Posted by Jbird
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Posted on 1/26/25 at 8:11 pm to
Chief economist at the IMF.

fricking perfect.
Posted by whatiknowsofar
hm?
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Posted on 1/26/25 at 8:54 pm to
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Chief economist at the IMF.

fricking perfect.


Please explain why he is wrong.
Posted by WaterLink
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Posted on 1/26/25 at 9:02 pm to
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A second piece is that he’s offering to extend or expand the tax cuts that he put in place in his first presidency, and those are disproportionately favoring rich people, directly and indirectly


What rich person uses the standard deduction?
Posted by Jbird
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Posted on 1/26/25 at 9:02 pm to
The guy won his Nobel on the subject of global inequality.
Posted by whatiknowsofar
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Posted on 1/26/25 at 9:04 pm to
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The guy won his Nobel on the subject of global inequality



..... and went to MIT.
Posted by dgnx6
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Posted on 1/26/25 at 9:04 pm to
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It's not normal practice for countries to just dump deportees into another country. They have mutual agreements on how to make the process efficient and effective with as little friction or uncertainty as possible.



It’s not normal practice for countries to just accept people dumped at their border from 100 different countries without some mutual agreement.


You would want as little friction or uncertainty as possible in who is coming in.






Posted by Jbird
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Posted on 1/26/25 at 9:04 pm to
So?
Posted by whatiknowsofar
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Posted on 1/26/25 at 9:06 pm to
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So?


You don't think getting into MIT garners any respect for his opinion?

Yikes
Posted by Snoop Dawg
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Posted on 1/26/25 at 9:06 pm to
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..... and went to MIT.


MIT fricking sucks when it comes to anything non technology or engineering, especially the liberal arts and economics.
Posted by momentoftruth87
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Posted on 1/26/25 at 9:07 pm to
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whatiknowsofar


Posted by whatiknowsofar
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Posted on 1/26/25 at 9:08 pm to
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MIT fricking sucks when it comes to anything non technology or engineering, especially the liberal arts and economics.


Lmfao
This post was edited on 1/26/25 at 9:08 pm
Posted by Jbird
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Posted on 1/26/25 at 9:08 pm to
No, you sound impressed!
Posted by whatiknowsofar
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Posted on 1/26/25 at 9:09 pm to
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No, you sound impressed


And you show your ignorance more and more with each post.

Still waiting for you to tell me why he's wrong.
Posted by justice
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Posted on 1/26/25 at 9:09 pm to
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and went to MIT.
Posted by dgnx6
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Posted on 1/26/25 at 9:11 pm to
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A second piece is that he’s offering to extend or expand the tax cuts that he put in place in his first presidency, and those are disproportionately favoring rich people, directly and indirectly.



He’s wrong about this though.

Indirectly people buy more shite because they were having more of their paycheck. So yeah that’s good for guys like bezos.

But also all the people that work for Amazon and sell on Amazon.







Posted by Jbird
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Posted on 1/26/25 at 9:11 pm to
How am I ignorant. I told you he is a lefty. Held lefty jobs.

Your dumbass wants me to accept him because he went to MIT.
Posted by PsychTiger
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Posted on 1/26/25 at 9:13 pm to
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My neighbor is Colombian. Guess we won’t be seeing his relatives for a while.


Might want to have ICE check his status.
Posted by whatiknowsofar
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Posted on 1/26/25 at 9:13 pm to
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Your dumbass wants me to accept him because he went to MIT.


No. I just want you to tell me why he's wrong, you're just bitching because he doesn't have the same political beliefs as you so you've made your mind up
Posted by UAinSOUTHAL
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Posted on 1/26/25 at 9:13 pm to
I fricking love Trump. This is exactly why we wanted him back, he gives zero fricks and it’s glorious.
Posted by whatiknowsofar
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Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 1/26/25 at 9:15 pm to
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He’s wrong about this though.

Indirectly people buy more shite because they were having more of their paycheck. So yeah that’s good for guys like bezos.


Donald trumps tax plan created a false sugar high of breaks for middle to lower class folks that are now higher than they were before it was implemented.
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