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5. This is why GOP senators aren't complaining too much about tariffs...

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Mon Apr 7, 2025, 06:44 PM

Apr 2025

massive tax cuts are in store for their donors and benefactors.

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Trump just gave away the reason for tariffs today [View all] mchill Apr 2025 OP

And the GOP is compliant. Worked over the weekend on tax cuts. Ignoring the tariffs Raven123 Apr 2025 #1

This is why GOP senators aren't complaining too much about tariffs... AntiFascist Apr 2025 #5

Yep. Raven123 Apr 2025 #9

Compliant and complicit. Democrats tried twice to impeach him and Republicans gave him a pass so he run again and destr OAITW r.2.0 Apr 2025 #13

He's an idiot acts like internet and jet engines don't exist uponit7771 Apr 2025 #2

is he intentionally lying so you won't realize it? Intractable Apr 2025 #3

Exactly! I am hoping more people will realize he wants to take everything from us, including our very lives. LiberalLoner Apr 2025 #25

It's 2025..... Lovie777 Apr 2025 #4

He wants to return to the gilded age tishaLA Apr 2025 #6

"Our country was the strongest from 1872 to 1913" Demovictory9 Apr 2025 #7

The British Empire was significantly more powerful and influential in 1900 than the US was. meadowlander Apr 2025 #24

good point. I remember "the sun never sets on the British empire" Demovictory9 Apr 2025 #36

For a brief time after the Civil War, the US was the most powerful nation in the world Kaleva Apr 2025 #48

Good times? C_U_L8R Apr 2025 #8

You're forgetting the other big reason newdeal2 Apr 2025 #11

Don't forget child labor, RazorbackExpat Apr 2025 #49

Methinks he missed out on eco 101. cachukis Apr 2025 #10

I think he slept through class... Xolodno Apr 2025 #34

A regressive tax Cirsium Apr 2025 #12

Plus income tax cuts don't help the elderly who live only on their Social allegorical oracle Apr 2025 #21

Right, just the worst financial times, the Gay Nineties was a myth ... marble falls Apr 2025 #14

Great job. applegrove Apr 2025 #39

I've had to disabuse myself of the myth of the good old days. marble falls Apr 2025 #41

I emailed it to my peeps. I hope that is okay? applegrove Apr 2025 #43

You betcha. I think of it as homage to the old time Russian Radicals who communicated by "samizdat". marble falls Apr 2025 #44

I had to look up samizdat. Thanks. applegrove Apr 2025 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author applegrove Apr 2025 #42

Trump believes tariffs are a tax on other countries. He's a moron. If he was smart, he wouldn't knowingly look like an Doodley Apr 2025 #15

This! He's been yammering away about tariffs for the better part of a year. the nelm Apr 2025 #30

He's been talking about tariffs since the 1980s, saying how other nations are ripping us off. Doodley Apr 2025 #50

Remember: "never admit you were wrong" ... Justice matters. Apr 2025 #46

The MO of a malignant narcissist. Doodley Apr 2025 #51

But we wouldn't have to Tickle Apr 2025 #16

AKA, the Gilded Age. Nt NutmegYankee Apr 2025 #17

NYC society would have shunned him then too. C_U_L8R Apr 2025 #19

He and R want to go back to feudal times Meowmee Apr 2025 #18

What a stupid dumbfuck Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2025 #20

Right CitizenZero Apr 2025 #22

Tariffs are also one of the most regressive taxes around, hurting everyone but the wealthy. Lonestarblue Apr 2025 #23

This is Conservative Movement gospel. He's preaching to the Heritage Foundation choir JHB Apr 2025 #26

It's not a secret. Klarkashton Apr 2025 #27

It is just so unfortunate that Germany deported VMA131Marine Apr 2025 #28

They called the 20th Century the American Century EnergizedLib Apr 2025 #29

The Caine Mutiny Mr.Bee Apr 2025 #31

Grifting opportunities from countries Nululu Apr 2025 #32

He's as dumb as a suitcase full of rocks. surfered Apr 2025 #33

K&R mvd Apr 2025 #35

He plans to use tariffs as extortion to gain power Martin Eden Apr 2025 #37

I think angry protestors will far outnumber the Proud Boys and their ilk n/t AntiFascist Apr 2025 #40

If "they" start shooting... Justice matters. Apr 2025 #47

When do the impeachment hearings start?! InAbLuEsTaTe Apr 2025 #38