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Chucklestheclown@hilariouschaos.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

We don’t know if inflation will increase or not. It isn’t guaranteed to raise inflation. The last time it didn’t raise inflation. This time they do not appear to be driving inflation either.

www.cbsnews.com/news/inflation-trump-tariffs/

I don’t care what every other country does. That is a weird response. Other countries tax their rich less and their middle class more. Would you be happy if we did that? If not, then stop talking about different countries.

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FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
LOL

Told you so: Inflation accelerates in June as investors eye tariff-related price increases

Another proven lie by our demented president that you swallowed hook, line, and sinker.

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- Chucklestheclown@hilariouschaos.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Oh no! Less than 1/2 of 1%. The world is ending.
  
  So now you are against taxes? I am confused, were you against tariffs when the other president did them? Or just Trump?
  
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  - FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Yes, I am against tariffs, because we can look at history and observe that they are a stupid policy.
    
    I’m particularly opposed to Trump’s method of tariff policy, because it’s chaotic, undisciplined, and doesn’t function within the safeguards outlined by federal law. It’s actually illegal for a president to declare tariffs, but Congress is controlled by Republicans who are resolute in their opinion that Donald will be allowed to rule by fiat.
    
    In 12-18 months when the new international trade deals materialize that undercut US trade, I wonder if you will finally stop making excuses for this demented man.
    
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    Chucklestheclown@hilariouschaos.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    It isn’t illegal. Congress delegated tariffs to the president many years ago. To me this should be a job of Congress and Congress shouldn’t be able to delegate its duties, but it isn’t illegal
    
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FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

I don’t care what every other country does.

I get that, but it’s a stupid notion, especially when we can observe that every other major country pays less for health care and gets better health outcomes. It costs less to fly to Europe and get an MRI than it does to drive to the doctor up the street and get one here in the US. In most countries medical bankruptcy doesn’t even exist.

It’s absolutely silly that you think it’s a good thing that we do health care differently than the rest of the world. Taking pride in doing things differently than the rest of the world, and also in a way that’s observably stupid, is unreasonable.

Tax their rich less. Tax their middle class more.

LOLOLOLOLOL, now you’re just being absurd. Every other major country provides far more to the middle class for the taxes they pay, whereas here in the US, we don’t adequately tax the wealthy AND do not provide value to taxpayers for the taxes they pay. In return for our generosity we get a few hundred billionaires and war in seven countries at once.

I guess you have GoFundMe when you can’t afford your insulin, so there’s that.

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- Chucklestheclown@hilariouschaos.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  It cost 25 dollars to get an mri. What a hospital charges isn’t what you pay. You pay what the final bill states.
  
  That is false. So easy to prove you wrong and maybe educate you a bit on the topic of taxes
  
  manhattan.institute/…/correcting-the-top-10-tax-m…
  
  In reality, these European tax systems do not fit the American progressive image because their higher revenues are overwhelmingly raised through steep income, payroll, and consumption taxes on the middle class.
  
  Moreover, top rates imposed on corporations and wealthy families in the U.S. often exceed OECD averages
  
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