Tag: tariffs

Trump Already Having Impact On Issues Voters Elected Him To Fix

November 10, 2024

by Mary Rooke

Americans voted to give President-elect Donald Trump a mandate to enact his campaign promises. Without even stepping foot in the Oval Office, he’s already delivering. In one of Trump’s closing rallies in North Carolina, he unveiled his promise to use tariffs as a vehicle to force offending countries, like Mexico, to stop the flow of illegal immigrants … Read more

Trump’s Latest Tariff Plan Just Replaces One Tax with Another

October 27, 2024

by Ryan McMaken

On Monday, Donald Trump floated the idea that he might seek to replace the federal income tax with federal taxes on imports—also known as tariffs. This is potentially a good idea, but not for economic reasons. There is no economic reason why tariffs are any better or any worse than the income tax. A tariff, which is just a … Read more

Tariffs Are Like A Golf Handicap

October 17, 2024

by Ray Cardello

There has been so much talk in the last few weeks, and it appears that there are only two schools of economics, and they have very different views on the impact on the economy. The ironic fact is that both parties use tariffs, including Biden/Harris, but the mainstream media only wants to go after Trump … Read more

Tariffs, Protectionism, and Why Borders Matter

September 25, 2024

by Wanjiru Njoya

As Democrats and Republicans both express support for tariffs, the economic implications of protectionist policies are once again at the forefront of public debate. Both parties differ on the size of their proposed tariffs, but the New York Times reports that “both Democrats and Republicans are expressing support for tariffs to protect American industry, reversing decades of … Read more

Joe Biden Is An Agent Of The Chinese Government And Why

July 12, 2022

by Ed Mosca

Tucker Carlson’s open from last night. He connects all the dots (that we presently have), and the resulting picture explains why over and over and over again, Biden pursues policies that weaken America and strengthen China.

President Trump Has Brought Prosperity to America and We Must Protect It

January 16, 2020

by Op-Ed

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has at last rolled her Sisyphean boulder of impeachment to the top of Capitol Hill. There it teeters, awaiting a flick of Mitch McConnell’s finger to send it careening back down, squashing every 2020 Democrat hopeful in its path. The Speaker is like a bank robber, who, holding a … Read more

7.5 Billion Trump Trade Win: EU Corporate Welfare Violated WTO Regulations – Europe Must Pay

October 23, 2019

by Steve MacDonald

Your government and its elected leaders have allowed the world to screw us over for years. Donald Trump said he’s stand up for the U.S. and be relentless, and he has. His latest win comes care of the World Trade Organization (WTO), which has approved retaliatory tariffs on Europe.

Trump Reaches Blockbuster Trade Deal With China [Updated]

October 14, 2019October 13, 2019

by Steve MacDonald

We’ve been covering this news for two years now and the day appears to have arrived. Donald Trump has reached a trade deal with China. And it will Make America Great Again.

Apple to Expand in Texas (Instead of China) – Add 10,000 Jobs to Build Mac Book Pro

September 23, 2019

by Steve MacDonald

Trade war bad except when it’s good, right? And the feds give you a few incentives. Like a break on tariffs for a few parts that are manufactured in China. If you expand manufacturing in the US and add 10,000 Jobs. Sounds like a deal and it is.

Why China Will Have to Cave to Trump on Tariffs and Trade

September 14, 2019September 7, 2019

by Steve MacDonald

China has again said it’s ready to come to the trade table. That sounds good but we can’t know what that means until it happens. And no one goes in giving in, you always ask for more than you think you might get. But what does China have that Trump wants?

Stock Market Down 600 Points … DemocRATS to Blame …

August 25, 2019

by Ed Mosca

So the Dow Jones dropped over 600 points on Friday after Fascist China announced it would increase tariffs on $75 billion of United States goods, and President Trump said he would respond in kind. The press, including Fox, have been calling the trade issues between Fascist China and the United State’s “Trump’s trade-war.” But Fascist … Read more

GrokTALK! Reboot – The Podcast is Back!

August 24, 2019August 24, 2019

by Steve MacDonald

We went bug hunting last night. Mike, and Skip, and I huddled into a Zoom meeting to test its potential as a podcasting platform. I think we can agree that this will work.

America = Free Trade, Let’s Lead

August 13, 2019

The United States is not doing enough to promote free trade. Lately we have been an initiator of trade barriers. That has been true over the last two years. Reduction and elimination of trade barriers around the world should be our goal. Barriers to trade Imposing barriers on billions of dollars’ worth of imports creates … Read more

Koch Brothers (Americans for Prosperity) to Support Democrats in 2020 …

June 9, 2019

by Ed Mosca

From the Washington Examiner: The influential Koch network is open to backing Democrats in the 2020 election cycle. A memo from Emily Seidel, the CEO of Americans for Prosperity, the Koch brothers’ political organization, said the group would “support the primary election of lawmakers, regardless of political party, who stick their necks out to lead diverse … Read more

Mexico Signs Agreement – New Tariffs Indefinitely Suspended

June 8, 2019

by Steve MacDonald

If you pay attention to these things, then you’ll know who freaked out when President Trump threatened tariffs against Mexico over border security. The Media, Democrats, some Senate Republicans, and all the other usual suspects. End of the world, economy doomed, relations ruined, none of that happened.

Mexico WILL be paying for The Wall…heh!

May 31, 2019

by Skip

Although I’d rather him have started with a fairly hefty tax on remittances sent back to home countries – but this should work: On June 10th, the United States will impose a 5% Tariff on all goods coming into our Country from Mexico, until such time as illegal migrants coming through Mexico, and into our … Read more

Italy’s God Emperor Trump (If You Haven’t Seen It Yet, Check This Out!)

February 11, 2019

by Steve MacDonald

Say hello to God-Emperor Trump. A huge moving recreation of the meme. What meme? This one. Make sure you read the captioning. And check out the mighty Twitter Sword with words that, according to the designer mean “here are your f-ing tariffs.” A joke, he says, but then, it is his opinion that this is a weapon … Read more

Trump Trade Win – China Says It Will Buy More US Goods, Eliminate Trade Imbalance

January 18, 2019

by Steve MacDonald

Our optimism about Mr. Trump’s trade war with China continues to be rewarded. While most American’s have been listening to the Western media and never-Trumpers, we’ve looked elsewhere for insight. And we’ve shared it here, including some of the most important insights of all. Observes in China view Mr. Trump as an excellent strategist and tactician. My … Read more

Winning?

December 26, 2018December 26, 2018

by Skip

Reformatted, emphasis mine: In its third round of tariff cuts this year, China announced that 700 more goods will have tariffs cut. Bloomberg reports: China announced another round of tariff cuts, lowering import taxes on more than 700 goods from Jan. 1 as part of its efforts to open up the economy and lower costs for domestic … Read more

Data Point: China agrees to reduce their tariffs on American cars

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018

by Skip

President Donald Trump said on Sunday that China had agreed to “reduce and remove” tariffs on U.S. cars below the 40 percent level that Beijing is currently charging on American-made vehicles. A day after he and Chinese President Xi Jinping called a 90-day cease-fire in their trade war to allow time for negotiations, Trump said on … Read more