Re: OT: Trump TARIFFS...!!! ;-D

On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 23:16:09 +0000, dsi1 wrote:

On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 22:53:43 +0000, gm wrote:

Europeans are, "comparatively speaking",  generally poor, so they've
less disposable income for holidays and such...
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YOU are poor, too (compared to us in the RICH United States!), so I'm
sure you and the Euros will be "happy" together...
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;-P
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You do realize that your fearless leader ripped off hundreds of
thousands of the MAGA faithful to the tune of $100,000,000 in a $TRUMP
pump and dump scheme? These schemes aren't sophisticated at all which
means that the people that got burned are imbeciles of the lowest order.
The only question I got is, will the MAGA fools get fooled again?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnqNjf5UM6Y

Be NICE, David... or THE DONALD will cut off yer $$$$$$...!!!
THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE:
Hawaii’s Demented Democratic Resistance
Instead of addressing the Aloha State’s multitude of dysfunctions, the
government is prioritizing fighting Donald Trump.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/hawaiis-demented-democratic-resistance/
"If you were to nominate a jurisdiction for being the most resistant to
Donald Trump's immigration policies, particularly those large-scale
deportations, where would it be? True-blue heavies like California or
New York or Colorado? Or just maybe so-called sanctuary cities like New
York, Chicago, or LA?
The jury is still out, but an early leader for the most resistant place
is Hawaii...
Hawaii is one of the bluest states in the union. Some 34 percent of
registered voters are Democrats, versus only 18 percent Republican. A
whopping 43 percent are officially unaffiliated but tend to vote
Democrat. About 61 percent of voters chose Kamala Harris over Trump in
the last election. The governor is (always) a serious Democrat. The
state legislature is handily controlled (always) by the Democratic
Party...
So it is no surprise that, while most centers of resistance have chosen
a passive cooperation model for dealing with ICE and the mass
deportations, Hawaii has gone to insane lengths trying to place
stumbling blocks in front of ICE...
Along with other initiatives, the legislature has put on a fast track
the immigration-related bills advocates believe are critical to putting
up walls to protect immigrants from an administration eager to see them
gone—a very fast track, cutting ahead of 122 previously submitted bills
on various topics...
You’d think all this and the liberal angst which accompanies it would be
aimed at a large illegal population...
But Hawaii has only about 41,000 illegals in the whole state, about half
of whom are from the Philippines.
And ICE? They have arrested for deportation all of 20 people to date...
In addition to over-reaction, hypocrisy is also well-practiced by the
Democratic government of Hawaii...
While fighting back against the Federal government over immigration, the
Democrats are more than happy to suck up funding at the public teat...
Direct Department of Defense spending injects $7.2 billion into the
Hawaiian economy, nearly 8 percent of the state’s GDP. Hawaii is second
in the United States, behind only the Pentagon’s host state itself, for
the highest defense spending as a share of state GDP...
It’s not the only government-controlled portion of the economy...
Public benefits in Hawaii are the highest in the nation; in 2013 an
average welfare recipient in the state took home $49,175 worth of
welfare (all of which goes untaxed)...
For the last 11 years, Hawaii spent more on welfare, about 20 percent of
the state budget, than on education...
More than one out of 10 people in Hawaii get food stamps; the number of
those receiving subsidized food is higher if you include free lunches at
school and meals for the elderly...
No wonder that Hawaii vies with California for the nation’s highest
state income tax...
Hawaii is nearly always one of the top states in terms of homelessness,
poverty, unemployment, food insecurity, and diabetes...
Home ownership rates in Hawaii are among the lowest in the nation...
A third of the state’s residents are thinking of moving away due to high
costs...
Never mind California, this is what the results of the great Democrats’
Experiment looks like..."
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