As I have always warned, tariffs are bad policy, and trade wars with our partners hurt working people most. Tariffs drive up the cost of goods and services. They are a tax on everyday working Americans. Preserving the long-term prosperity of American industry and workers requires working with our allies, not against them. With so much at stake globally, the last thing we need is to pick fights with the very friends with whom we should be working with to protect against China’s predatory and unfair trade practices. That includes what we do on trade.
I was broke when we started Drillinginfo. Working out of a rented apartment. A journey from the bottom wealth centile to the top wealth centile over a 25 year time span. Along the way, creating thousands of jobs which paid for thousands of vehicles, mortgages, educations, holidays, and at least 50 new millionaires. Was an E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year one year, but more importantly, a judge for the next several. A grand total of 0 "silver spooners" won during my tenure judging. Never saw them. The main demographic I encountered was either someone who was born poor here to first generation immigrants or was a first generation immigrant with a burning fire in their bellies to a) do something meaningful in life, and b) NOT be poor. Immigration isn't a problem. Illegally letting in people that want to destroy the American Dream for others IS. That's why I am such a prick about it.
NEW: Leading sexual abuse attorney John Manly says the Epstein Files are a “view into how many people aren’t bothered” by the abuse of young children.
“...no one was mandated by law to go to Epstein Island. You have to send your children to school or you go to jail.”
“...when this happens to a child, it's emotional murder. They're never the same.”
@thelatmg@latimesstudios_
Your reminder that Leslie Wexner financed the mass rape and trafficking of thousands of American children for over a decade and, right now, he is sitting in a 26k square foot mansion in New Albany, Ohio thinking that he is above the law.
U.S. taxes are insane, Americans are being robbed blind by their own government.
1/ Income tax: up to ~37%
2/ Payroll tax: 15.3%
3/ State income tax: up to 13%
4/ Sales tax: up to 10%
5/ Property tax: forever
And that’s before inflation quietly steals what’s left.
All taxation is theft. End the madness.
ALL TAXES should be ABOLISHED!