@Droverj@fugitivemama As a 27 year immigration Officer, I can confirm this.
However, I retired before USAID was defunded. I KNOW it pushed billions in to "immigrant assistance " groups with this singular mission.
@samosaur Agree completely.
My local "classic rock" station plays 3 90's songs, one Metallica song and then has 35 minutes of commercials. This is why radio is dead.
Oh, and the fact that when they do play Pink Floyd, it's always Another Brick in the Wall or Young Lust.
Garbage
@TKratman@TheBuddyCSM The War Department gives a lot of surplus to local governments for free. If I was LAPD and saw free machine guns, i would grab them up just to have them.
Or, when DHS was formed, it handed military stuff to every Department that asked.
@CDInewsletter I think you would need to lower your taxes significantly and eliminate the GST.
Your average Canadian would be pissed. But, then, the Canadian government has demonstrated they dont care about average Canadians.
@miles_commodore He was a Democrat.
He also loved Joe Stalin.
Revisionist history - just like when the media tried to make a saint out of Jimmy Carter.
Kennedy was reviled by at least half the American people.
The Left, who owns the narrative machine, always tries to make heroes of Communists
@cfishman Its because the US finally got tired of Canada tariffing US goods. So, all the US did was to reciprocate. Canada threw a fit because the US demanded equality.
The US then offered a second to none trade deal that Carney rejected.
Ask your globalist PM why he did that.
@Mobilized3213 Canada has tariffed US goods for years. The moment we reciprocate, Canada throws a fit like a toddler. Americans do not see Canada as an enemy. Frankly, most of us didn't think of you at all.
Not enemies but, based on Canada's demonstrated behavior, no longer brothers.
@ElbXaCZ17v52794@RealCalvin1 OK. Now you succeeded. You missed me off. Good for you.
Not a lib by any means.
From 1789 to 1913, with the exception of the excise, tariffs funded our country. Along with the gold standard, it worked far better than this Communist Federal Reserve nonsense.
Grow up.
@RepThomasMassie The original intent was to have State legislature appoint Senators. This made local election FAR more important than they are now. Also, it meant keeping the State happy was more important than Washington.
Communists did this to us.
@ElbXaCZ17v52794@RealCalvin1 I just dont see them as taxes - if there are American made alternatives.
Imports dont have to be reduced. Foriegn goods have to be sold at a price that will compete with Domestic goods - so prices actually fall.
But - any way to mess with Libs is good. So we agree there.
@ReclutadoraVic@MrJoKeR604 In 1767, there were no Rebels - at least organized enough to ask a Nation that did not yet exist to join them in a Revolution that started 9 years later..
Canada remained a colony of Britain (call it a "Dominion"- still a Colony) for many more decades.
@Mikeggibbs Aaaaaaaaand.. Americans dont even notice.
That is the key takeaway for Canada and Europe. We love you guys but you are, on the whole, inconsequential to us.
We seem to dominate your minds. Conversely, to us, you are simply a place that makes good beer.
@ElbXaCZ17v52794@RealCalvin1 I keep hearing "the consumer pays the tariff". In reality, the exporter pays the tariff. This may translate in to higher cost for the consumer who also has the choice to buy a domestically produced, non tariffed good. So choice negates the tariff costs at retail.