GM_Tood

Assuming this was directed to me. 1. Votes? Guaranteed re-election? 2. These import taxes are going to be across the board...not just on goods coming from Mexico. So we'd be shaking down all our allies and more. (edit: to level the playing field when it comes to global import taxation?}

I have no clue what you just said. Please speak English and explain how Mexico is going to pay for it. Sure thing...no more humor from me tonight. Mexico's economy is entirely dependent on the United States. Mexico exports about $300 billion worth of goods to the United States each year. When you size up this amount against Mexico's total GDP of about $1.1 trillion, it becomes quite clear that without access to the United States market, Mexico's economy would fall to pieces. Now as you might have guessed, this is not a two way street. United States exports to Mexico totaled about $240 billion versus a $19 trillion GDP. Losing access to the Mexican markets would hurt the US but it's something we can take in stride if need be. As you can clearly see, the United States holds all the leverage in this relationship. So the proposal floated today by White House Press Secretary was to impose a tariff on all imports from Mexico. Let's say 20% for the sake of simplicity. So Mexico, on its $300 billion in exports, would be paying the US government $60 billion in tariffs. Current estimates peg the cost of the wall around $10 billion, a drop in the bucket of the revenue raised by that tariff. One counterargument might be that Mexico would impose their own tariff. Well, considering the $60 billion trade deficit I previously mentioned, the United States government would still be walking away with $12 billion in net revenue. Also keep in mind that as I mentioned before, the United States holds all the leverage here. Mexico cannot aggressively pursue a trade war with the United States because it would devastate their economy. The terms of the agreement are essentially ours to dictate. When imposing such a tariff you run the risk of passing on the cost of the tariff to the consumers. For example, instead of a $5 bottle of Corona staying $5 with $1 going towards the tariff and $4 to the merchant, that cost would hypothetically be baked in to become a $6 bottle of Corona. In this hypothetical, marketplace competition would determine whether Mexico is or isn't able to push the cost of the tariff back onto the consumer. For example, if a Mexican firm is selling a widget for $10 a Chinese firm is selling the same widget for $10.20, the Mexican firm has little to no room to increase the price of their product without losing its customer base to the competing firm. Its options will be to continue to sell the widget at $10 and absorb the cost of the tariff or to cease production of the widget. However, if there is no other firm that produces the widget, Mexico can likely get away with selling the widget at $12, though this potentially opens the market to new competitors. So as you can see here, imposing an import tariff is a plausible way for the US to make Mexico pay for the border wall. However, you can make a reasonable argument that some of the cost of that tariff will be pushed back on to US consumers.

Let's say Trump slaps on a 20% export tax and the media and libcucks are like "American people paying for wall!" Now Trump has his import tax (for manufacturing / jobs ect) and says "ok ya ya we'll tax all the remittance going to mexico!" Libcucks says "omg this is just American money you are taxing omg!" Now Trump has his import tax, and is taxing remittance, and says "ok ok ok, i'm going to triple the price of Visa's and charge 10 bucks for non-american border crossings!" Libcucks say "BLAM!" cause they just ate a bullet. I write it in a jokey way obviously. Maybe it will be a 5% import tax and a bunch of other things, but we're getting that wall and Mexico is going to pay for it in either cash, pain or both.

I guess everyone has forgotten that Trump has spent the last year and a half talking about negotiation and negotiating from a position of power. The whinging that some of you are doing about something that amounts to the first volley in a tennis match is ridiculous. Do you honestly think the end result is a permanent 20% tariff that's going to be a drag on our economy? Learn2Trump bros. Right now he's giving them the stick, the carrot comes later.

A friend of mine from small town Ohio (small business owner) just sent me this: Sanctuary cities being cut off, making Mattis SecDef, and TPP dropout are all Trump had to do to satisfy the vast majority of us in the middle and we don't need to engage in some giant public jerk off to celebrate that. Anything else that goes on from here on out is extra gravy, as far as I am concerned.

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I am waiting on the fact check for this. It was reported on CNN tonight that the 'silencing' of Gov't Agencies is Status Quo during a Presidential Transition. http://fortune.com/2017/01/24/trump-gag-order "It's not clear how long these gag orders will remain in place, or whether they are simply designed to freeze activity until President Trump's hand-picked staff can issue new regulations for those agencies for posting on social media and interacting with the public."

The issue I have with those of you calling out/blaming Trump voters is that you no longer accept that there is even another opinion other than the one you bought and sold to one another. Though, you don't have to, there are a thousand facts, blogs, and opinion tweets/FBs easily accessible that align with your own and the ones that do not must be evil. It is a cult of personality with a doctrine as dangerously unstable and hypocritical as the worst religious movements and all done in the guise of making the world a better for place for those that you have deemed worthy. You have become the monster you fought to defeat and are becoming the fascist oppressors and are wholly incapable of seeing it. I totally understand/accept that there are many other opinions. Nobody here on this board influences me, and I'm not ignorant enough to not look at opposing views and try to understand them. I'm not sure where you stand on things politically GM - are you watching the actions taken by leadership and seeing their comments and behavior and not growing concerned? If you aren't why? And if you are, that's all I'm saying. I am having a hard time with anybody (R or D ... Trump/Hillary/Other voter) not seeing some of the moves as aggressive and against our way of life and what we stand for. I can totally admit that I had issue with Trump from the beginning because his core beliefs do not align to mine at all. His politics and behavior on the trail only cemented my feelings, and his actions and the people he has surrounded himself with the last 4 days has confirmed it even more - don't think that makes me a monster or facist oppressor (seems like a dramatic accusation to me). I am alarmed, but I don't think I'm an alarmist (if that makes any sense). If some are alarmed at what they see, then I have no issue with that. I can understand that such strong beliefs exist against Trump. But there are strong beliefs for Mr. Trump and his agenda to MAGA. My deal is that I find it unfortunate that every person on this board that voted for Trump is being blamed for x y and z and need to "own up to your vote". Voters being narrowed into a certain "group"...labeled...etc...hrm If I see anything that would cause me to totally switch my stance on owning my vote, I will let you know. I am registered R and voted for Trump...and voted twice for Obama btw. Edit: I am keeping the Santa hat on my pic until Trump is impeached.

Paint my picture. I voted for Trump. I am for the Immigration Reform/Wall I am for Business Tax Reform I am for imposing taxes on goods from US companies shipping their facilities/workers overseas I am for repeal/replace of ObamaCare I am for Infrastructure big spending I am for strengthening the Military I am not for oppression of US citizens I am not for censure of press I am not for kicking out legal immigrants Am I afraid that we are going to become Nazi America? No. Am I afraid that by promoting America First that we will weaken our stature globally? No. What do you see? Someone that should be called out on a message board for hoping that the above things come to fruition? Someone who should cower in fear based on the rabble rabble talk of doom and gloom? Edit: Or do you just see a f'ing moron Trump voter?

So is Cuomo stupid, or is he admitting to being an illegal alien?

The issue I have with those of you calling out/blaming Trump voters is that you no longer accept that there is even another opinion other than the one you bought and sold to one another. Though, you don't have to, there are a thousand facts, blogs, and opinion tweets/FBs easily accessible that align with your own and the ones that do not must be evil. It is a cult of personality with a doctrine as dangerously unstable and hypocritical as the worst religious movements and all done in the guise of making the world a better for place for those that you have deemed worthy. You have become the monster you fought to defeat and are becoming the fascist oppressors and are wholly incapable of seeing it.

FBI Finds Nothing Amiss in Flynn-Russia Eavesdrop: Official

Donald J. Trump ✔@realDonaldTrump I will be asking for a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD, including those registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal and.... 6:10 AM - 25 Jan 2017 20,34420,344 Retweets 91,24691,246 likes https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/824227824903090176 0 "Argument turns too easily into animosity. Disagreement escalates into dehumanization. Too often, we judg OK...now that's funny. Hadn't seen that. Right, they will investigate those voters to ensure only one vote was cast...would be my guess behind what he means. ?

I could see this happening as well....since 31 States already have designated English as the official language of their respective State. It's not something I would be against, either. I don't know the reasoning behind not having an official language. We clearly speak English as a primary language, so why not make it official? As long as we don't stop making information available in other languages for people who haven't learned English yet, what's the issue? When my ancestors came to America, they would work during the day, then take government-sponsored English language courses at night. I heard the same story from my in-laws about their parents. It makes sense to me to do that. Yeah, I think it has come up in prior Administrations and just never had the votes to get passed. And I 100% agree with you on making information available to other languages.

I could see this happening as well....since 31 States already have designated English as the official language of their respective State.

Trump to order construction of border wall, boosting deportations

Withdrawing from TPP...Done.

8 years.

Source? http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/excluded-pro-life-group-womens-march-organizers-espouse-a-specific-type-of-diversity/article/2612565 http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/how-the-womens-march-took-a-wrong-turn-by-excluding-pro-life-women/article/2612516 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/is-there-a-place-for-anti-abortion-women-at-the-womens-march-on-washington/2017/01/17/2e6a2da8-dcbd-11e6-acdf-14da832ae861_story.html?utm_term=.d54d3d1f26a4 Still, when the Atlantic magazine reported this week that an antiabortion group, New Wave Feminists, was an official partner of the march, the backlash was strong. The march organizers quickly dropped the group and apologized, writing in a statement that “we look forward to marching on behalf of individuals who share the view that women deserve the right to make their own reproductive decisions.”

So, any other news on why the Pro-Life Women's groups were 'un-invited' from the DC march?

Still one of the coolest things to watch (regardless of political preference) is the outgoing President taking off on Executive One and making the pass over DC to Andrews AFB.

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