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CaptainTruth

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25. YES! Why isn't the media reporting this??? He clearly doesn't understand how tariffs work!

Sat Sep 7, 2024, 04:46 PM

Sep 7

Any high school student should be able to understand how tariffs work, who pays them, & how they can start "trade wars," but Trump clearly doesn't & he wants to set economic policy???

He also said he would be "taxing foreign nations," which is something a US President CANNOT do. The President, & in fact the US as a nation, has no power or authority to impose taxes on other countries.

Both of those are simple essential concepts that any candidate for POTUS should understand, but Trump clearly doesn't.

That is disqualifying (along with a laundry list of other things) & the media should be reporting on it & asking him follow-up questions, asking him to explain how he thinks tariffs work, who pays them, & how he thinks he & the USA has the authority to impose taxes on foreign nations. But him on the spot because his lack of fundamental knowledge is astounding.

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I know what Trump was really talking about in his child care rant, and it's even scarier than you thought [View all] Zorro Sep 7 OP

Rubio and Ivanka's plan - werdna Sep 7 #1

Paid family leave is great, but not through Social Security. Lonestarblue Sep 7 #12

So, paid family leave isn't paid leave at all. patphil Sep 7 #20

As Hiltzik points out, it's the old GOP dream,going back to Reagan, of using SS as a piggy bank... Hekate Sep 7 #28

Worked for Ohio werdna Sep 7 #33

Wow. I had no idea. bamagal62 Sep 7 #2

24 weeks PER CHILD. And gee, why don't they do this for extended illnesses, too...other sick leaves...?? Nt lostnfound Sep 7 #6

Yeah, why not do this for vacation time or weekends? Farmer-Rick Sep 7 #18

I've always thought Trump knows exactly what he's not saying. jaxexpat Sep 7 #3

Except that this word salad communication is a symptom Farmer-Rick Sep 7 #19

Thanks for the article link! FemDemERA Sep 7 #21

....had a cairn terrier with those symptoms.....total doggerel. jaxexpat Sep 7 #23

If Rubio and Ivanka had a child(s).... rubbersole Sep 7 #4

UFB. Conflcts with Vance's "that's what grandmas are for" plan?? And women's lives, already full of caretaking... lostnfound Sep 7 #5

I'm surprised that J D Vance didn't suggest that one parent work nights Squaredeal Sep 7 #13

OR, don't take off work at all! Skittles Sep 7 #24

And delaying the age for collecting SS is particularly hurtful to the aging workforce erronis Sep 7 #7

I don't think there was any deeper thought behind that incoherent rant. It was just ramble from a weak and damaged... NNadir Sep 7 #8

Hiltzik is nearly always spot on, & the entire thing is worth reading Hekate Sep 7 #29

OK, I read it, but I still think it ascribes too much sanity to an empty headed confused senile old man. NNadir Sep 7 #34

Wow. Thanks for posting this! highplainsdem Sep 7 #9

This plan would hit the middle class the hardest. Squaredeal Sep 7 #10

It sounds like a plan to bankrupt Social Security before the next generation retires FakeNoose Sep 7 #11

I hope that Harris will be able to bring up this "tidbit" if given the chance during the debate Squaredeal Sep 7 #14

It is, and the idea (going back at least to Reagan) is to use SS as a piggy bank until it is gone Hekate Sep 7 #30

What I noticed was his tariff plan. He claimed we'll take in trillions of dollars from foreign governments. surfered Sep 7 #15

And bankrupt American companies Squaredeal Sep 7 #16

A double whammy! Whammy is a highly technical economics term. surfered Sep 7 #17

YES! Why isn't the media reporting this??? He clearly doesn't understand how tariffs work! CaptainTruth Sep 7 #25

Actually what he was saying is "stfu im talking about something else. " prodigitalson Sep 7 #22

Did Mexico pay for the Wall? I don't think so. He's not gonna tax other countries. Walleye Sep 7 #26

... FakeNoose Sep 7 #31

I'm always amazed at how much I learn spending time at DU. Thanks, Zorro. nt Frank D. Lincoln Sep 7 #27

They are talking out of their backsides. valleyrogue Sep 7 #32