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If you're talking about DOGE laying off several federal government employees and departments, all they had to do was A) accept a buyout, B) write an email explaining what they do on a weekly basis, C) use their experience from their government job to apply for other work. AFAIK, they had eight months to prepare for a massive restructuring. It's not like this just happened out of the blue.
USAID was never going to remain intact and that includes every single employees.

Too bad many chose to "fight" but they forget federal employees have it or ought to have no rights when it comes to employment standard.
 
Trump has done little to no planning for any of this and expects people to move to these abandoned towns and work shitty manufacturing jobs that Mexicans in Mexico currently do.
That's because he can't. Land is owned by assorted real estate companies and the banks behind them and they also need to have assurances that those people can pay. Since said people are poor with little collateral, it'd be the student loan problem all over again, but with physical buildings.

It is a return to the sort of protectionist "island politics" that made us a great and self-sufficient power in the first place. Read American history.
19th Century America was also constantly expanding Westward and conquered the native tribes that were in the way. America was a growing nation at the time, so arcane tax laws weren't as necessary back then. America today is a matured nation that isn't willing to grow anymore, so 19th century tax law isn't up to the task of providing free global trade. Aircraft carrier groups aren't cheap.
 
If you're talking about DOGE laying off several federal government employees and departments, all they had to do was A) accept a buyout, B) write an email explaining what they do on a weekly basis, C) use their experience from their government job to apply for other work. AFAIK, they had eight months to prepare for a massive restructuring. It's not like this just happened out of the blue.
Also they’re feds and exist solely to reinforce the Bureaucracy. They don’t produce anything.
 
Your exports are collapsing and you're about to experience your very own great leap forward.
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If we export 80% of the value we import, then a 20% general tariff would just bring us to equilibrium. Of course this doesn’t work out perfectly, because each little transaction is its own arbitrage case and I’m plowing over that.

In a generalized sense, however, if something is 20% more expensive on account of making it ourselves, we’re paying the same fucking amount and keeping our money
 
With all the coping and sneeding from Trudeau, why didn't he just negotiate?
Trump is a deals guy. Offer him something.
"Trump I understand wanting Tariffs but maybe we can negotiate some existing deals in return for lower tariffs so your infrastructure has time to catch up..."
Something. Anything.
He didn't even try? As far as I can tell he made no counter offer. Even when given an olive branch he did fuck all for the pause period.
Why doesn't Trudeau try to negotiate? At all? It's fucking frustrating to see because I don't like Canadians but it benefits us to have strong, competent neighbors and they're just acting like braindead retards instead of NEGOTIATING.

I would guess that he can't because he lacks the skills to do it, and rump's demands for such a deal are not acceptable to the WEF types since agreeing to anything is a step back when they are already super late for the 2030 timeline.
 
One of the sad thing about Canada completely fucking itself over is that it will force the US to take steps to protect their northern border.

Both sides used to brag that the US/Can border was the largest unguarded border in the world but I guess those days are gone now that Canada has decided to import 50% of India to provide slave labor for the elites.

I'm old enough to remember when all you needed to go to the US from Canada was your drivers license and they'd wave you through.

Thanks Trudeau for destroy one of the closest and longest national relationships in history just because Orange Man Bad.

I hope your WEF masters reward you well Trudy for what you did to Canada.
 
Really depends on the type of manufacturing and what you're building, around places I know they can go from empty field to working factory in less than a year.

And if they're hiring, and people want work, they'll move. The real issue is ensuring you'll have a market when your product hits.
Also depends on the local town not being idiotic. For example Edison Motors wanted to but the old Peterbilt factory which was ready to go with the original equipment, but the town refused because they wanted someone to turn it into a hipster office building. Even though Edison Motors would've revitalized the town.
I don't think he does. China directs the state to build housing in areas where they want people to go. Trump has done little to no planning for any of this and expects people to move to these abandoned towns and work shitty manufacturing jobs that Mexicans in Mexico currently do.

Anyone here willing to quit their job to build widgets in Dayton, Ohio?
Fuck yeah. Nice quiet little town where I'm on a first name basis with my neighbors, where home ownership is cheap and the place is safe and I can do basic easy work and focus on my family sounds divine.
 
This is what I'm seeing with the Ukraine situation too. They cannot seem to comprehend Ukraine is in a weaker position and needs to concede some points to come out alive. They would rather sustain a pointless war rather than negotiate because negotiating with Russia is "letting them win."
It's the same with Canada. It's like negotiating isn't even an option in their mind. Only retaliation, complaining, or doing nothing.
Even Trudeau admitted Canada was in a weaker position but instead of going for the classic "Honey, let's talk about this!" when the stronger partner is mad, he just gets angry and lashes back resulting in an escalation and Trump deciding he can't make deals with you so he'll just enforce what he wants and ignore your pathetic whining.
They're so retarded.

Edit: I didn't know about the Canadian parliament thing. That is useful information. Why not just say that you can't pass any new legislation until the end of the month and work out some starter deals to circle back to until then? You don't have to double down and get ass hurt. Hell, Trump was negotiating and making deals before he was even in office.
Parliament is suspended until the Liberal Party picks a new leader, which happens this coming Saturday. Basically, Trudeau is the ultimate lame duck, since he can't do anything himself, and his successor might not honour any deals he could negotiate, but that's unlikely since all the candidates for leader are Trudeau cronies anyway.
 
Serious answer is that liberals can't negotiate. There is a big issue with them being unable to negotiate wages and basically anything you can imagine and it has been that way for awhile. All Trudeau has to do is enforce the border and equalize the trade imbalance and tariffs never would've happened.
There's a reason we call them "libtards," besides it being a juvenile Boomer-tier insult. Libtards have gotten high on their own supply and believe everyone will just give them whatever they want because they are on the Right Side of History, and besides, they're In Charge. Victory has made them more than weak; it's made them retarded. They're so used to everything just magically going their way that they don't think they really have to try or have any skills at all. It's why they can't even manage cities any more.
 
19th Century America was also constantly expanding Westward and conquered the native tribes that were in the way. America was a growing nation at the time, so arcane tax laws weren't as necessary back then. America today is a matured nation that isn't willing to grow anymore, so 19th century tax law isn't up to the task of providing free global trade. Aircraft carrier groups aren't cheap.
Speaking of expansion, whatever happened with Greenland?
 
Both sides used to brag that the US/Can border was the largest unguarded border in the world but I guess those days are gone now that Canada has decided to import 50% of India to provide slave labor for the elites.

I'm old enough to remember when all you needed to go to the US from Canada was your drivers license and they'd wave you through.
How long ago was that? Since Canada is another country, you'd still need a passport. Even if you wanted to go see Niagara Falls from the Canadian side or even go to Alaska since it borders international waters.
 
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