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Bjerknes

"Top Economist"
Mar 16, 2004
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By the way, yet another air disaster day in the US, with a chopper falling into the Hudson River in NYC and wings clipping at DCA yet again in Washington DC. I'm done flying at DCA, the Nazis have completely wrecked that airport.

I was in DC for a conference this week and multiple times saw black SUV's weaving in and out of traffic on multiple major streets nearby the White House and Capitol Building with pedestrians around. These people are lawless and think we live in fucking Moscow or something. It's not the DC I remember growing up with. It's a clear reflection of the overall state of the federal government.
 

Ronn

Senior Member
May 3, 2012
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Seems the inflation rate came in a bit lower than expected (2.4% vs 2.8%). I wonder if there has been a possible decrease in consumer spending that's driving that. We'll see when the April report comes in.
I get to interact with a lot of people from all walks of life. Almost everyone, including the diehard Trumpers, are playing very defensively with their money. The uncertainty is really harming the economy.
Data in line with y'all described:
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/04/11...pike-university-of-michigan-survey-shows.html
 

s4tch

Senior Member
Mar 23, 2015
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thanks for posting

"If other nations… accept the higher U.S. tariff… at least they’re paying revenue to Treasury..."

https://x.com/futurenomics/status/1910141190374396090?t=4IGC50F34lUvhTAY-KmAnQ&s=19

so it's other countries that are paying the tariffs? nah, it's still the importer

at least we know where trump got his "it's the country that pays the tariff" claims from, so once again thanks for posting. but you still can't impose tariffs on other countries. no government has jurisdiction over a sovereign country's budget

it's also not looking like a detailed policy playbook at first sight, but i just took a brief look at the original pdf so i might be wrong

it's also not what happened. i don't see how the author suggests tanking the global economy and pausing the tariffs for personal financial gains as part of the sublime "america first" policy
 

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