• ikidd@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Funny, I don’t recall paying a tariff? Did any of you? Those Americans certainly seem to be paying a lot in tariffs though.

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    11 hours ago

    Gotta fund the Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Ballroom in some way during the shutdown.

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      Why? Do you think the government employees are making money while they are locked out?

      I don’t believe that they are, but the people are still paying taxes.

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    I’m not sure what the tarrifs currently are, but I’m not sure this is as dramatic as it sounds.

    As an example, if the tarrifs are currently 30%, raising them 10% over and above what they currently are would make them 33%, right? …right?

    Then again, he’s already proven that he can’t do maths

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    So, I’m not sure if I understand this correctly, but…

    They jailed a guy on terrorism charges for posting a Charlie Kirk Trump quote.

    Does the Ontario government now get charged with terrorism for quoting Reagan?

    That’s how things work now right?

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    Glad they pulled those Reagan tariff commercials to appease him. Yet again they fall for his whining bitch-fest and give him what he wants and he does whatever he wants anyway. Stop enabling him.

    Bring back the commercials. Bring back the digital services tax.

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      Doug Ford had some big dick energy planning to run the commercials for months but that spineless oaf backed down at the first sign of resistance.

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        The people of America are collectively fucking stupid

        And the people who don’t bother voting at all are every bit as culpable for this shit

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        Probably some time after the people currently absorbing the cost run out and their economy implodes.

        I admit, even with the scary global crisis potential, it’s going to be kind of satisfying.

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    Strange, I don’t seem to be paying anything at the moment. I wonder who’s really paying the bill? The American public you say?

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    US businesses impacted negatively by this will blame Canada, because their God Trump tells them so.

    US is said and done, most people here just don’t see it yet or aren’t willing to accept it.

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    Canadian made goods are sent to the US under cusma anyways, so they’re duty free. This mostly hurts vendors that buy from China and just reship without doing much.

    The bigger impact was from them getting rid of their $800 exemption, since now every package gets hit by customs & handling fees.