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When Trump created his 'Big Beautiful Tariffs' I knew that Americans would pay. It wasn't clairvoyance or special knowledge. Raise the taxes on something, the price goes up. Common Sense. Today I saw this on CNN...

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Sometimes I don't want to be Right

kay lar @jaylar (3667) • Kingston, Jamaica 13 Feb

Coming online today I found several articles that I found interesting. Here are a few: * Jane Seymour is writing an autobiography. Early in her career she had many brushes with famous actors such as Laurence Olivier, Gloria...

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A Lot of Interesting (I think anyway)Things in the News Today

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 19 Jan

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They do no real research, listen to no actual experts. They make some conclusion based on farce, and proceed. Failure never teaches them anything. Anyone who did a slight glance at world trade would know that most countries in...

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Stupid People Know Everything

kay lar @jaylar (3667) • Kingston, Jamaica 17 Jan

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Not That I Read the Future

kay lar @jaylar (3667) • Kingston, Jamaica 14 Jan

Jamaica, as most Third World nations, has various connections to China. China 'invaded' Africa in the 70s, moving slowly so as not to get attention. It continued across the Atlantic, into the Caribbean, South America, until...

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Trump's Destruction of America

kay lar @jaylar (3667) • Kingston, Jamaica 26 Dec

If Trump understood World Trade, he'd never have created his 'Big Beautiful' tariffs. What this did was encourage nations to trade with ABA... Anywhere But America. This has been beneficial to other nations, not to...

China's exports hit One Trillion Dollars. Those of us who have some knowledge of world trade knew that China trades with most countries in the world. China comes in with some Belt and Road project. The main employees are...

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The Effect of Trump's Tariffs

kay lar @jaylar (3667) • Kingston, Jamaica 8 Dec

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Trump's Bubble

kay lar @jaylar (3667) • Kingston, Jamaica 5 Dec

When you actually live in the real world you experience particular events which give you an understanding of reality. For example; You go shopping. This store doesn't have the items you want. Maybe it does sometimes, but...

Trump recently proposed a $2,000 dividend check to all Americans under the $100,000 income bracket. Nice idea which I had nice daydreams about But-- It is estimated it would cost about $600 million to do that. Trump's tariffs have...

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Here's My Proposal on Trump's Proposal

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 23 Nov

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How is it that I can sit in Jamaica and see exactly what Trump's actions will provoke while those in America can not? Tariffs only impact the purchasers. Hence, it is the purchaser who pays the increase, not the country one...

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Wasn't it Obvious?

kay lar @jaylar (3667) • Kingston, Jamaica 14 Nov

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A Dividend huh?

celticeagle @celticeagle (189793) • Boise, Idaho 10 Nov

I have been reading about this $2,000 'dividend' that Trump is proposing. I sure enjoyed the stimulus check I got back in 2020-21. Every little bit helps. But how will it be paid to us I wonder. He hasn't said that yet. I am sure...

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There seems to be some confusion about what is meant by the term "zero inflation." It's not really a literal term to mean actual zero, but an economic term to mean "stable" or "normal" inflation. So, when...

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What Does Zero Inflation Mean

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 9 Nov

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The Disaster of Trump

kay lar @jaylar (3667) • Kingston, Jamaica 6 Nov

China trades with more countries than any other. China virtually 'invaded' the 3rd World in the 1980s by selling cheaper products. Being far more intelligent than given credit for, those in the 3rd World slowly withdrew from...

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Stupid Be is Stupid Get

kay lar @jaylar (3667) • Kingston, Jamaica 8 Oct

This is a Jamaican saying. Donald Trump is the best example of it. During his first term, due to his ignorance of trade, he provoked China which ceased to buy soybeans from America. Trump didn't know that China bought most of...

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The Real Victims of the Tariffs

kay lar @jaylar (3667) • Kingston, Jamaica 29 Sep

Those with fully operational brains noted that America bought 60% of its beef from Brasil. To slap high tariffs on that nation would only effect American consumers. Trump, upset that his clone was prosecuted for insurrection as...

We talk endlessly about solving poverty in this country—so you'd think, despite the hurdles, more Americans (especially on the left) would be celebrating tariffs as a tool for change. [i]Or, in reality, going back to the way...

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Made in America Again—Maybe.

Jim Bauer @porwest (112717) • United States 16 Sep

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How about those beans!

Winterishere @thedevilinme (5217) • Northampton, England 14 Sep

Trump decided to slap huge tariffs on China. China decided not to source its soybeans from lalalalala America this year as it was too costly to buy them beans, normally 40% of soybean US exports. They sourced them from Argentina...

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Prediction

kay lar @jaylar (3667) • Kingston, Jamaica 13 Sep

With so many people deported, and few entering, there will be a shortage of workers in America. This will lead to having to open factories in other countries If parents are so stupid as to not vaccinate their children this will...

Many years ago, my country used to take 'String Loans' from America. This meant we had to use the money to buy American goods. This was the stupidest thing I ever heard and I spoke of it, often in language NSFA. Can you imagine...

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Trade with the U.S.

kay lar @jaylar (3667) • Kingston, Jamaica 7 Sep