Dan Lawesson

[Dan Lawesson @dan_lawesson]

- "Du kommer nu få två val; tryck ett för privat, två för företag."

Det där var _ett_ val mellan två alternativ. Jag är inte helt säker på att entiteten i andra änden av samtalet uppfattar att jag nu demonstrativt väntar i tystnad på val nummer två.

[Dan Lawesson @dan_lawesson]

@GuntherEagleman So now that we agree the tariffs are an import tax payed by the US companies, the political discussion is whether consumer prices should be set on a free market or by decree from the ruler of the nation?

[Dan Lawesson @dan_lawesson]

@TheMaineWonk And a too small number of voters understand basic concepts such as tariffs.

As a foreigner, my conclusion is that the US cannot be trusted as long as it remains a democracy.

An educated elite (of what historically would be considered ordinary people) needs to seize power first.

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@bestinvesting1 @PeterSchiff As long as growth is larger than deficit you can keep running a deficit without owning less over time, and trade is great for growth. Anyone familiar with US economic history knows this.

[Dan Lawesson @dan_lawesson]

@acnewsitics You never thought to ask yourself why not all countries are 100% financed by taxing other countries if that really was an option?

Or did Trump make you believe that the US has a unique power to unilaterally tax all people on earth?

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@catturd2 Increasing import tax to reduce income tax is a tax shift from rich to poor. This is rather basic knowledge.

The whole world should consider offering to pay for public education in America to prevent people from buying the maga nonsense, because we all suffer from this.

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@bjornsing @eliasspaningar Skulle säga att hon ger stöd åt grundtropen med en judekonspiration som styr allt.

Men jag håller med om att det är en modifikation av gängse antisemitism.

Kanske två huvuddrag i vänsterns antisemitism? De som hatar judar av hävd och tradition, och de som hatar judar pga USA?

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@stanielzeroone @DesireeAmerica4 Raising import tax while lowering income tax is a shift from taxing the rich(er) to taxing the poor(er).

How did you guys fall for tariffs being tax cuts, tax on rich, or paid by China?

[Dan Lawesson @dan_lawesson]

@bjornsing @eliasspaningar Kritik mot antisemitism != “Bilden visar hur den internationella judekonspirationen styr alla dessa länders soldater och mot det vill jag invända att dessa judar från helvetet i sin tur styrs av USA”

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@PBob9016549 @petitchou96 @elonmusk Point taken, they all lie.

Politicians are not in the business of informing the public about facts. On the contrary, they do have an agenda, and that is how it should be.

So for any politician, even the ones we like, we should investigate the truth of what they are saying.

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@BruceBeck242979 @conorsen How come the stock market suddenly is just a concern for people owning stocks?

A sudden drop means that a majority of people with skin in the game have reevaluated the situation and are now less optimistic about the future. It means experts think bad decisions have been made.

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@petitchou96 @elonmusk I find this app amazingly fascinating. This is the only way for me to find people that still believe the tariffs are reciprocal.

When trusting your president to tell you the truth about the tariffs, did you first consider pros and cons in trusting a habitually lying felon?

[Dan Lawesson @dan_lawesson]

@elonmusk Nah. Peace and harmony and cooperation sounds like suspiciously leftist goals. Let’s kill it with tariffs!

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@Turtlenumber13 @DerrickEvans4WV Why do you keep saying that? Don’t you have friends who can correct your nonsense in a friendly way?

[Dan Lawesson @dan_lawesson]

@DerrickEvans4WV Yeah, because common sense and basic knowledge of concepts such as supply and demand are expected to be totally ignored now in our unstoppable quest to justify the actions of the great leader no matter what.

[Dan Lawesson @dan_lawesson]

@MarindaVannoy1 A 5 year old cannot be expected to understand the difference between trade deficit and tariffs, so to a 5 year old I would just say that Mr Trump lies.

Adults, on the other hand, should make the effort to understand basics before talking at all, in my opinion.

[Dan Lawesson @dan_lawesson]

@EurydiceEve @Number10cat That is aggregate deficit over all trade. Trump seems to be aiming for trade balance with each individual trade partner - which is something completely different, belonging to medieval economic theory.

[Dan Lawesson @dan_lawesson]

@bobhansson Absolut, det finns flera bottnar i det mesta vi människor företar oss!

Bedömer det var mest underhållning, dvs i högre grad det än ett försök till diskussion om behovet av revolution.

De som ivrigt längtar efter revolution startad av MZ bör nog inte hålla andan när de väntar.

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@JoeStablishment @DavidAFrench Your point seems to rely on the assumption that freedom of speech is the same as freedom from objections.

Is really the president’s free speech infringed in any way when someone points out that what he and friends are saying is weird and makes things worse?

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@driscoll1142 @allenanalysis There are valid argument for tariffs. Anyone arguing for tariffs in good faith would use them.

Leavitt and Trump on the other hand, prefer for some reason to use arguments that are obviously untrue.

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@nicksortor Agree. She of course knows.

Perhaps better to say that her argument obviously will be dismissed as utterly untrue by anyone who has ever paid tariffs, and ask her why she still prefers that untrue argument since surely there are ways to argue for tariffs without lying?