tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post4538022107799424072..comments2024-03-22T05:17:53.112-04:00Comments on Big Bad Bald Bastard: When You've Lost CanadaBig Bad Bald Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-60979243507579466492018-06-02T15:47:05.466-04:002018-06-02T15:47:05.466-04:00I admire your incisive-cynic approach here, Mr. Cr...I admire your incisive-cynic approach here, Mr. Crank - but if there is such a plan, please do not lay it at the door of our poor, beleaguered, unfairly-castigated President. He's never come up with a comprehensive plan in his life.<br /><br />I'm with you on Canada, 4B (is that right - or is it B4?). Back during the Bush era, tje then-Canadian govt did something humane that was opposite to some awful thing the Bushies were doing -- wish I remembered the details - and Jon Stewart described it briefly in his opening monologue, then addressing the camera, cried with expslosive sincerity: "Canada! You're <i>adorable</i>!!"<br /><br />(Also, hooray for the Provincial Park system.)Li'l Innocenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12516526103367681109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-18020865767988424702018-06-01T16:22:59.709-04:002018-06-01T16:22:59.709-04:00I think the plan is, yes, he'll raise tariffs ...I think the plan is, yes, he'll raise tariffs on BMWs and Mercedes. But then he'll lower the tax rate on the rich to help them pay for it anyway. Then, to make up the deficit caused by the tax cut, he'll cut Medicare and Social Security. A few people may starve to death, or die for lack of medical care, but so what? They're losers anyway.<br /><br />See? Under Trump, it all works out for the best.<br /><br />Yours crankily,<br />The New York CrannkThe New York Crankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04489472134701718697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-2150832425720498442018-06-01T14:17:50.133-04:002018-06-01T14:17:50.133-04:00Tariffs on intermediate goods are certainly stupid...Tariffs on intermediate goods are certainly stupid, but the actual impact on GDP, Balance of Payments or even cost of consumer goods is minimal. Mostly this will have secondary effects - along with the simultaneous unnecessary fights with the EU and China - when the real crisis of the Trump presidency actually occurs. <br /><br />And you have to always separate what Trump DOES with what he SAYS. The tariffs are enacted - but there is NO functional mechanism where a President can 'ban' vehicles or other products from a given manufacturer. Seems like there would have to be a finding similar to the ZTE case against Daimler for anything like that to happen...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-21021605336238649962018-06-01T01:29:44.152-04:002018-06-01T01:29:44.152-04:00I swear, if you gave Lumpy a gun he'd shoot hi...I swear, if you gave Lumpy a gun he'd shoot himself in his bone-spurred foot w/in five mins.M. Bouffanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519088858760760560noreply@blogger.com