Sujet : Re: Tariffs are a tax cut
De : * (at) *nospam* eli.users.panix.com (Eli the Bearded)
Groupes : misc.news.internet.discussDate : 12. Mar 2025, 06:17:59
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In misc.news.internet.discuss, JAB <
here@is.invalid> wrote:
"Tariffs are a tax cut for the American people" -- Karoline Leavitt
turns reality upside down, then gets mad at an AP reporter after he
pushes back
Video: 1:13 minute
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lk4n3ltaus2y
https://people.com/ferris-bueller-clip-goes-viral-amid-trump-tariff-war-11691497 Ferris Bueller Clip Goes Viral amid Trump's Tariff War for Its
Painfully Simple Economy Lesson
"Ferris Bueller is strikingly more instructive than 99.99% of
political commentators on tariffs," wrote one economics professor as
Donald Trump's controversial tariffs take effect
A scene from John Hughes' classic 1986 teen comedy movie Ferris
Bueller's Day Off is going viral amid Donald Trump's tariff war.
The scene shows a high school economics teacher talking to his
uninterested students about the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, a real-life
bill signed by President Herbert Hoover in 1930 that increased
tariffs on imported goods. The law, which is being compared to
Trump's recent actions, is often credited for worsening the Great
Depression.
The movie character, portrayed by Ben Stein, says while teaching a
lesson to his class, "In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of
Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the...
Anyone? Anyone?" When he gets no reply, he answers his question
himself: "Great Depression."
The full scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhiCFdWeQfABen Stein's father worked as an economist in the Republican-controlled
Nixon (White) House. Bill Stein worked as a speechwriter for Nixon.
Elijah
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Trump is too old to be likely to have watched Ferris Bueller
Tariffs are a tax cut
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