@tmnxeq@tleilax___@unusual_whales Even taking the US out of the equation, I just don't believe the average German is half as wealthy as someone from Italy or Spain.
The middle class actually isn't falling behind, they're getting ahead. But everyone thinks they're falling behind because they're constantly interacting with super-rich people online, and seeing rich people's lifestyles on Instagram.
@DiveBomb321@PhillipsPOBrien But, looking at our import data, one of the main things we import from Russia is fertilizer. Fertilizers are generally classified in Chapter 31 of the HTSUS. Interestingly, items in Chapter 31 do not receive a bump in duty rate for Column 2.
@DiveBomb321@PhillipsPOBrien All countries subject to Column 2 duty rates were not subject to increased IEEPA rates (Cuba, North Korea, and Belarus and Russia)
@DiveBomb321@PhillipsPOBrien Point 13 isn't true. Russia was already on the Column 2 duty rates which were generally higher than the IEEPA rates anyways. Trump also carried over the 200% aluminum tariff from the Biden administration.
Them: THE PRESIDENT IS A PSYCHOPATHIC NAZI AND CANNOT BE TRUSTED WITH THE UNLIMITED POWER THE SUPREME COURT JUST HANDED HIM THIS IS THE END OF OUR DEMOCRACY AND PEOPLE WILL DIE AND THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER ELECTION!
Me: Would you join me in reducing Presidential power?
Them: HA YOU WISH! OUR NEXT PRESIDENT WILL USE THESE POWERS TO PUNISH YOU AND PEOPLE LIKE YOU. PREPARE FOR YOUR DOOM!