There is something really ironic about voting to decrease the influence of government in your life just to see your vote not only increasing your own taxes but sparking a chain reaction of all global governments hitting each other with even more taxes.

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drea 9 months ago
the tax and tarrif wars were always going to be ugly, but unfortunately, it's a bit insane to have Europe be so dependent on the US without knowing its place.
Vitor Pamplona's avatar Vitor Pamplona
There is something really ironic about voting to decrease the influence of government in your life just to see your vote not only increasing your own taxes but sparking a chain reaction of all global governments hitting each other with even more taxes.
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JackTheMimic 9 months ago
I feel like everyone is missing what is happening here. I'm an anarchist that doesn't vote but I still understand the gameplan here. Is your description what it looks like to people?
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JackTheMimic 9 months ago
Sort of, but it's more a direct the economy away from stocks and speculation and into local assets like treasuries, Gold, and Bitcoin. The exterior tariffs are kind of a cudgel to lower US prices while increasing monetary supply( Because they have to soon or else there's going to be an obvious default). If treasuries go up, interest rates can be lowered which again dumps massive capital into the market. With aversion to speculative stocks, capital flows to local economies and commerce. This will absolutely rek the other countries but the US will begin to recover. But, yeah, on the surface: taxes (on international businesses) go up.
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Morfe 9 months ago
Trump policies have always been to increase government influence over people life.
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Morfe 9 months ago
None of the US parties are truly considering reducing the role of government in people's life.
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hello 🪺 9 months ago
the little boys’ club v simply voted for the lies, racism & misogyny crew, because it made them feel big.
🍿 the entertainment value of the American President Donald J. Trump is sat for sat the best in my opinion. I will be complaining later about the consequences but looking at it from afar is really fun.