Topic: Trump wants to raise global tariff to 15% from 10%.

Anonymous A started this discussion 2 weeks ago #133,186

Does this fucking idiot know who pays tariffs? How they affect the economy? He has gained no sense of business since bankrupting his prior companies.

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Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 2 weeks ago, 4 minutes later[^] [v] #1,419,739

tariffs are legitimately cool

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 2 weeks ago, 2 hours later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,419,753

@previous (B)
If you’re Chinese.

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 2 weeks ago, 1 hour later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,419,764

@1,419,739 (B)

> tariffs are legitimately cool

They are, unless you're a libtard without a clue about economics, spending years sucking your mommy's tit for a living.

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 2 weeks ago, 5 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,419,765

@previous (D)
You wanna explain to me why this graph is incorrect?

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSvsjrDw1LQAlvBbt59aOOHn3NO6ybY973J69uSOeH4Vw&s=10

Anonymous E double-posted this 2 weeks ago, 2 minutes later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,419,766

Saying tariffs are good for the economy is equivalent to saying taxes are good for the economy which is equivalent to saying taxes increase consumer surplus instead of causing deadweight loss.

Explain to me how that’s good for the economy. It can’t be done without you rambling on about your own baseless conjecture that doesn’t tie back to economic theory or data.

Anonymous E triple-posted this 2 weeks ago, 1 minute later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,419,767

When you increase that little tariff line, and you make the tariff bigger, how does that consumer surplus triangle get bigger instead of smaller? How does that happen? That’s not possible!

Anonymous D replied with this 2 weeks ago, 1 hour later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,419,786

@1,419,765 (E)

> You wanna explain to me

I'm not going to explain anything to you. Go back to school and take a class in economics and finance and learn for yourself. This isn't something you can learn from message boards or surfing the net. Spend time in the classroom and less time trying to prove a useless point on a message board.

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 2 weeks ago, 2 hours later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,419,805

@previous (D)
I’ve taken economics though, that’s why I think you’re an idiot.

Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 2 weeks ago, 13 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,419,813

@previous (F)
source: trust me bro

Anonymous F replied with this 2 weeks ago, 2 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,419,814

@previous (G)
I’m talking about myself so I am a primary source.

Anonymous G replied with this 2 weeks ago, 7 minutes later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,419,816

@previous (F)

> > source: trust me bro

Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 2 weeks ago, 11 hours later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,419,869

@1,419,766 (E)

> Saying tariffs are good for the economy is equivalent to saying taxes are good for the economy which is equivalent to saying taxes increase consumer surplus instead of causing deadweight loss.
>
> Explain to me how that’s good for the economy. It can’t be done without you rambling on about your own baseless conjecture that doesn’t tie back to economic theory or data.

Trump is violating separation of powers (again) and discarding the Constitution. Even portions of the GOP are rebelling on this.

Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 2 weeks ago, 2 hours later, 22 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,419,886

@previous (H)
It would be one thing if he was violating the constitution to improve the economy, but if he’s trying to violate the constitution to make the economy even worse, then it’s like no just stop dude.

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