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On Fri, 29 Nov 2024 20:02:08 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
wrote:

>On Nov 28, 2024 at 11:58:50 AM PST, "super70s" <super70s@super70s.invalid>
>wrote:
>
>> On 2024-11-28 18:56:48 +0000, BTR1701 said:
>> 
>>>  On Nov 28, 2024 at 10:46:29 AM PST, "suzeeq" <suzeeq@imbris.com> wrote:
>>>  
>>>>  On 11/28/2024 9:28 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>>>>  On 11/28/2024 8:20 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:
>>>>>>  On Wed, 27 Nov 2024 21:42:49 -0500, shawn
>>>>>>  <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>  On Wed, 27 Nov 2024 18:28:58 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
>>>>>>>  <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>  On 11/27/2024 12:52 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:
>>>>>>>>>  On Wed, 27 Nov 2024 07:05:53 -0500, shawn
>>>>>>>>>  <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>>  Then we will wake up and realize he actually did what he
>>>>>>>>>>  threatened to
>>>>>>>>>>  do and now all those cheap Chinese goods are no longer cheap, gas is
>>>>>>>>>>  no longer under $3 for much of the country (sorry BTR) due to Canada
>>>>>>>>>>  raising oil prices and all those fruits and veggies and cars from
>>>>>>>>>>  Mexico now cost 20-30% more. Thanks Trump.
>>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>>  If Trump imposes duties on incoming Canadian petroleum products of
>>>>>>>>>  course prices will be raise to cover the new costs Trump has imposed.
>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>>  Now if you can just convince Trump of that....
>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>  I think Trump likely knows that. He just refuses to say it as he knows
>>>>>>>  if he keeps saying tariffs are paid by the country they are imposed on
>>>>>>>  enough people will believe it to keep him in good standing.
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>  More to the point, I think he knows it would trigger a trade war and
>>>>>>  feels it's a trade war he can win decisively.
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>  Meanwhile it's causing havok in Canada as the Canuck buck has dropped
>>>>>>  3 to 5 cents which is starting to cause price increases across the
>>>>>>  board at the worst possible time of year.
>>>>>  
>>>>>  There is a theory making the news rounds that the tariffs are a club to
>>>>>  beat Canada and Mexico with until they seal the US borders to stop
>>>>>  illegal immigrants and drugs from entering the US.
>>>>  
>>>>  That's probably about right.
>>>  
>>>  Whatever works.
>> 
>> If Mexico (and Canada) took Trump's bluffs seriously Mexico would've 
>> "paid for the wall."
>
>With the $165 billion we've given to Ukraine, we could have built six border
>walls to stop illegal immigrants from pouring across our southern border. 
>
>We also could have fixed Flint's water system 215 times over.
>

Interesting how libs ingore simple math.  The added benefit of
spending it on the border or the water system is that it would have
actually *done* something.