The Wharton undergrad in the White House, the one that didn’t work, serve in the military or pass the calculus test, evidently doesn’t know how to calculate a tariff tax—which is the cost differential of producing a product in the U.S. versus the cost of producing it in another country.…
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In fulfillment of a campaign promise (before invading Greenland, but after renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of Freedom Fries) Trump has threatened to cut $400 million in federal funding to Columbia University, ostensibly on account of their “anti-semitic” policies.…
Those formerly fashionable Tesla owners are now driving “SwastiKars,” the object of derision from incensed liberals like themselves. And me. Teslas have the worst safety record, the highest insurance rates and the fastest depreciation. If they don’t self-immolate at the showroom, Tesla itself may go up in flames based on its latest financial statements.…
The Department of Government Efficiency, “DOGE,” is ostensibly in charge of increasing the efficiency of the departments it audits. What it is actually doing is crippling or eliminating those agencies—the VA, FAA, DoE, USAID, National Parks Service, Post Office, FEMA, etc. for the purpose of monetizing their assets and privatizing their services.…
The net result is that the top 2 percent of tax payers will get lower taxes, and the other 98 percent will pay more in Trump Tariff Taxes for a reduction in government services, Medicare, Social Security benefits, etc.…
I bought a farm in Ukraine with a group of Texas investors. Amber waves of grain. It seemed like a good idea at the time.…
In all of the Southwest and much of the South, all manual skill-intensive industries have relied on undocumented workers. The plurality, and in some cases, the majority of employees at some businesses, particularly food processing, seasonal farm labor...…
Trump’s 10 percent tariff on Chinese goods will not bring jobs back to the U.S. But they will raise prices at Dollar General to Dollar And A Dime General. If dimes still exist. In order for U.S. products to replace Chinese products, the tariff would result in Two Dollars And Fifty Cents General.…
Like most herd animals, we are oblivious to the suffering of others until it gets close to us. Not until when we, our family, or friends are threatened, do we react.…
Unlike a progressive income tax, the Trump Tariff Tax is regressive, meaning the less you make, the more its impact on your wallet. It is an excessive tax burden on the poor and the lower middle class.…