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monica-sells · ‎04-09-2025

News for Sellers as well as Buyers for now.....

Market up 2400...insane

fbusoni · ‎04-10-2025

From an April 8 analysis provided by the non-partisan Tax Policy Center:

If higher tariff-driven import prices reduce demand for foreign products, Trump will achieve his aim of boosting US production. But if demand for those imported goods falls, so will tariff revenue.

By contrast, if US buyers continue to purchase imports regardless of higher prices, the tariffs would raise a substantial amount of money. But Trump would fail to achieve his vow to grow US manufacturing.

A third outcome is that Trump and US trading partners eventually agree to lower tariffs, which would reduce revenue from the import tax but also soften the blow to US businesses, consumers, and workers.

Seems pretty clear that the third outcome is where we are headed... even with Beijing.

Why with China? Among other reasons, because just as many American businesses are calculating that Mr. Trump's approach to using tariffs to raise $6 to $7 trillion over the next ten years -- enough revenue to fund an extension of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) as well as some of Mr. Trump’s campaign promises, such as tax-free tips, overtime, and Social Security benefits -- are deciding to stay put inside China, as are opting to relocate.

Put another way, the entire tariff scheme that has been unveiled seems for all the world to have failed to factor in the possibility that sentient humans might / might not cooperate with Mr. Trump's plans.

Whoever would have thought that that would even be possible? 😁

As you note elsewhere above, a huge dynamic in all this is how it is perceived by the American public who are NOT fools (despite appearances): "Our President is not even capable of talking about tariffs in ways that make sense, so that is bound to spook millions of people, and that alone can cause shockwaves in markets ... which is bound to affect us (say it with me) SELLERS."

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chevymontecarlo88 · ‎04-10-2025

@inhawaii wrote:
Nevermind the tariffs.
Even if they are a terrific thing (which most experts agree they are not).
I can't get support this administration.
Character matters to me.
I want my President to be someone of high character, not a convicted felon.
How do Trump supporters ignore all of the absolutely stupid things he's said and done?
I'll never understand it.

Just a few differences in why others disagree with you. Hopefully you can understand that others have different opinions/values and just want the best for everyone, not just to those who think the same as you.

If you want to allow men to pretend so they can take advantage of women rights/opportunities, that is your right to support that.

If you want the border open so opportunities can be taken from citizens (Jobs and Lives) and for poison (fentanyl) to keep flowing in, that is your right to support that.

If you oppose the deportation of violent gang members, that is your right to support that.

If you would like the continuation of the Ukraine war/funding with no end in sight, that is your right to support that.

If you would rather rely on China manufacturing instead of retooling America's infrastructure (manufacturing), that is your right to support.

If you would rather keep the fraud and abuse that DOGE has uncovered, that is your right to support.

If you think reciprocal tariffs are bad and we should pay more, that is your right to support.

If you think keeping food dyes and other poisons in our food supply is a good idea, that is your right to support.

If you think having a president that speaks without a filter hurts feelings and would rather continue to have one that could barely talk/govern, that is your right to support.

Nothing is perfect and we all should be able to agree that we want the best for our families, neighbors and fellow citizens, regardless of how they think. You don't have to change but elections do have consequences so maybe try to make the best of it. To be clear, i am not suggesting you support anything but instead trying to give you some insight why others do.

- Be careful of those who support Luigi.

fbusoni · ‎04-10-2025

@gurlcat

You are fortunate to have so many positive childhood memories. 😊

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fbusoni · ‎04-10-2025

@bennotbill wrote:
Trade adviser Peter Navarro said Trump's tariff situation "unfolded exactly the way it should".

Which part was that? The bit where some billionaires in the know make more billions on the share market. Was that the real point of the "tariffs".

@bennotbill

Remember that Mr. Navarro served prison time for his refusal to comply with a subpoena from the House Select Committee that investigated the January 6, 2021, US Capitol attack.

That's what I call loyalty.

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fbusoni · ‎04-10-2025

@inhawaii wrote:
@johnrj1226 wrote:
Negotiations will be going on in the near future means nothing is cast in stone yet. The Prez will be involved in all 70. Hang on to your seat more is to come.
One minute he is saying there will be no negotiating, the next he is talking about negotiating. One minute (yesterday) he is saying there will be no delays when flat out asked that question, the next he's announcing a 90 day delay. What a great leader.

@inhawaii

And this is precisely why the markets tanked and Jamie Dimon publicly declared the imminence of a recession.

Uncertainty is what scares people.

Which is why Congress exists... a deliberative body that most Presidents throughout our history have consulted on matters of potentially existential importance to the American people.

This tariff imbroglio, among other things at play, will have a distinct silver line as far as I'm concerned: curbing the aggregation of excessive executive power -- something that was at the top of the minds of those who drafted our Constitution.

Firing tens of thousands of civil servants who are not tenured and whose employment in the USG is likely superfluous in the first place is one thing; turning the retirement accounts of millions of Americans upside down and unthinkingly / deliberately ushering in an economic downturn -- with a whimsical and quasi-legal executive order to boot -- is quite another.

By virtue of his vast wealth, Mr. Trump is well positioned to wait out the "adjustments" and painful economic hardships that result from tariffs, indefinitely.

The average American, who elects members of Congress on whom the President in turn depends to get his legislation adopted -- not so much. (Like most of those who ascend to the White House, Mr. Trump knows nothing about the lives of the average American and has no genuine interest in same... although today's news about easing water flow restrictions suggests he may be making an effort!)

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ittybitnot · ‎04-10-2025

If you oppose the deportation of violent gang members, that is your right to support that.

@chevymontecarlo88

Watching in horror when people (especially those who have permission to be here) are being hauled out of their cars, homes, schools, workplaces, and on the street WITHOUT A WARRANT and due process because they were "suspected" of being gang members is abhorrent. Where is the proof, or is proof not needed anymore? "Guilty until proven innocent" is now replaced with "guilty because someone (you are not allowed to know) says you are". Too bad you are from Venezuela, have a student or work visa. You have dark skin and tattoos so you must be a criminal. Your new home is in El Salvador where (someone is paying the government there to imprison you).

OOOOPPPPSSSs. Perhaps the ICE man will take you and just call it a mistake.

Such blatant Fascism under the guise of "patriotism" should not continue. It is this ^^^^^^^ many people do not support. Every one of your list of statements above can be countered with an intelligent more informed response. Here is not the place.

fbusoni · ‎04-10-2025

@inhawaii

As you suggest, personality -- NOT policy -- is what drives most people to vote for a particular candidate.

And the appeal of personality is definitely in the eye the beholder.

ETA: This is especially the case since the advent of the internet and social media and the 24 hour news cycle -- which among other things have had the cumulative effect of reducing the collective short term memory of American voters to that of a fruit fly.

Anyone else here remember that Gary Hart -- front-runner for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination -- abandoned his quest for the White House amid revelations of extramarital affairs? Today, rumors of an extramarital affair would likely boost a candidate's popularity, if it was even remembered in the first place.

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inhawaii · ‎04-10-2025

@chevymontecarlo88 wrote:
@inhawaii wrote:
Nevermind the tariffs.
Even if they are a terrific thing (which most experts agree they are not).
I can't get support this administration.
Character matters to me.
I want my President to be someone of high character, not a convicted felon.
How do Trump supporters ignore all of the absolutely stupid things he's said and done?
I'll never understand it.

Just a few differences in why others disagree with you. Hopefully you can understand that others have different opinions/values and just want the best for everyone, not just to those who think the same as you.

If you want to allow men to pretend so they can take advantage of women rights/opportunities, that is your right to support that.
If you want the border open so opportunities can be taken from citizens (Jobs and Lives) and for poison (fentanyl) to keep flowing in, that is your right to support that.
If you oppose the deportation of violent gang members, that is your right to support that.
If you would like the continuation of the Ukraine war/funding with no end in sight, that is your right to support that.
If you would rather rely on China manufacturing instead of retooling America's infrastructure (manufacturing), that is your right to support.
If you would rather keep the fraud and abuse that DOGE has uncovered, that is your right to support.
If you think reciprocal tariffs are bad and we should pay more, that is your right to support.
If you think keeping food dyes and other poisons in our food supply is a good idea, that is your right to support.
If you think having a president that speaks without a filter hurts feelings and would rather continue to have one that could barely talk/govern, that is your right to support.

Nothing is perfect and we all should be able to agree that we want the best for our families, neighbors and fellow citizens, regardless of how they think. You don't have to change but elections do have consequences so maybe try to make the best of it. To be clear, i am not suggesting you support anything but instead trying to give you some insight why others do.

I get it. You like the things he's doing. I don't. You like that he pardoned violent criminals just because they were his supporters, I don't. You like that he wants to take over Canada and Greenland, I don't. You like that he suggested injecting disinfectant to kill covid, I don't. You like that he said he likes to grab women by the... I don't. It seems no matter what he says or does, no matter how stupid or immoral, you're behind him all the way. No wonder this is the first administration in history, democrat or republican, to be called a cult.

M*A*S*H theme - Johnny Mandel

gurlcat · ‎04-10-2025

Yeah it's amazing how many people are into the 'Drunken Host On A 1970's Variety Show' vibe.
EDIT: From a dude who (shockingly) does not drink.

chevymontecarlo88 · ‎04-10-2025

@gurlcat wrote:
Yeah it's amazing how many people are into the 'Drunken Host On A 1970's Variety Show' vibe.
EDIT: From a dude who (shockingly) does not drink.

Are you speaking about Kamala? 🤔

I would say it is amazing how some can argue anything on the list below. I will refrain from making the common generalizations about others just to get a helpful/like. We all want the same thing and the pause on the tariffs (90 days) does seem like a good thing. We will see. Your opinions do matter but don't take it personal if others disagree with you. We do have more in common than what divides us.