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   Message 345,116 of 345,374   
   Bill Pfister to P. Coonan   
   Re: Rudy's Bullshit Has Become A Virtual   
   07 Mar 25 18:31:15   
   
   XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.society.liberalism, or.politics   
   XPost: alt.politics.trump, talk.politics.guns   
   From: nobody@there.org   
      
   On 3/7/2025 5:22 PM, P. Coonan wrote:   
   > On 07 Mar 2025, Baxter  posted some   
   > news:vqf4rg$3jsvf$5@dont-email.me:   
   >   
   >> "Scout"  wrote in   
   >> news:vqerh7$3i41l$1@dont-email.me:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> "Red Tide"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:vqde4u$n6$1@toxic.dizum.net...   
   >>>> On 06 Mar 2025, Frank Barchetta    
   >>>> posted some news:7UqyP.182298$FVcd.138374@fx10.iad:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Widespread tariffs and swift government cuts add pain to an already   
   >>>>> slowing economy.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> It's a global economy now, stupid.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Nobody can stop trading for long.  The tariffs will make up the   
   >>>> temporary losses.  The long term effects are already in motion.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Tighen your belt for a few weeks.  You could lose 75 lbs.   
   >>> '   
   >>> Yep, it will encourage buying domestic products which will provide   
   >>> jobs and income to Americans. Who will in turn tend to buy your   
   >>> products which will increase your sales.   
   >>>   
   >>> That is after all the advantage of tariffs... Wealth stays within a   
   >>> country and causes additional growth and opportunity..   
   >>>   
   >>> as it is over $1 Trillion dollars a year is leaving our economy...   
   >>> never to return.   
   >>>   
   >> They abandoned tariffs decades ago because Free Trade works better.   
   >>   
   >> Your senario only works if the other country keeps buying your goods.   
   >> If they stop, you lose.   
   >   
   > Tariffs work to achieve rebalancing.  It's not a permanent solution.   
   > Unlike Democrat sponsored taxes, tariffs always go away at some point.   
      
   Democrats never think things thru.  The party of instant gratification   
   runs a bit short on reality.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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