@jemelehill@_ajawilson22 BESIDES A FAVORED CARTOON, A 'FLINTSTONE' IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE NICKNAME OF THOSE FROM FLINT, MICHIGAN. YOUR FRIENDLY BORN, RAISED, PROUD UMICHIGAN ALUM.
Stringer Bell = China
Big player in the game. Makes and supplies a ton of product (goods) to the streets (U.S. market). Runs tight, efficient, profit-first operations.
Marlo Stanfield = Trump
New power trying to shake up the game. Doesn’t like how Stringer been running things. Wants more control and respect. Starts taxing every package Stringer tries to move through his corners.
The Tariffs = “Tax on the Pack”
Marlo says, “If you gon’ sell on my corners, you gotta pay a fee.” So now every time China tries to sell goods to the U.S., they get taxed. This makes the product more expensive for U.S. consumers.
American Businesses = Bodie
Caught in the middle. They gotta deal with the fallout. Product costs go up, profit margins shrink, and they start questioning who they really work for. Bodie just trying to survive while the bosses beef.
Consumers = Bubbles
Just trying to get by. Prices going up. They ain’t in the game but feel every consequence. Now they paying more for TVs, cars, and damn near everything else.
John McCain and I didn’t always agree, but he understood that some values transcended parties. He knew that if we got in the habit of bending the truth to suit political expediency or party orthodoxy, our democracy will not work.
John McCain had character. That’s what I think about so much these days because it’s so different from what we see out of the Republican nominee.