US US Politics General 2 - Discussion of President Trump and other politicians

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Should be a wild four years.

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I don't care about what happens to the economy because there's largely nothing I can do about it. I will just continue to do my best to survive.
That's about the gist of it. Don't worry about the macro picture. Which you have no control over. Worry over the micro picture in your own life. What you can control.
 
tbh I've considered that too about physical gold, it's good as a inflation hedge but kinda shit if society really falls
okay one of those costco little dudes is what, $3k?
go buy a big mac and pay with a three thousand dollar bill, they got change for that right?
now how much better will that go after zombies eat all the jewelers?

I don't have good answers but that has come up as I think about it
That's why silver exists.
 
Reminds me of the Settlers of Catan "Nobody wants your fucking sheep" meme. Especially funny that the EU won't buy our beef when our beef never had issues with Mad Cow Disease (Since we weren't feeding our cattle to our cattle by way of animal by-product feeds with cow bone and meat included) so it clearly isn't about some kind of food safety concern.
 
I can sell silver for spot and gold at 90% all day long every day of the week.
And is that over the 8 percent transaction cost I said was common for real estate in my area? My gosh, turns out 10 is more than 8.

Now how about the US-traded common mutual funds that I was using as a low-cost sales example. Does it cost less than 10 percent to sell some Fidelity fund? Please tell me, cause I'm a dumb nigger.
 
This entire tariff stuff was built on "vibes", every person (including Trump) saying that "X country has Y amount" is doing it based on vibes.
Unfortunately for you, global economic policy is not built on vibes.

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normally i ask if you're retarded on purpose, but i know you're not. you were born this gifted.

1.4 million USD worth of imports from the island in 2022.
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it's right here, you absolute nigger. i'm sorry your parents abandoned you before you learned how to read, but if you were capable of actually researching a topic at a 5th grade level you'd have seen that this has already been discussed in thread, and you made yourself look like a dumb faggot by posting this.
 
Indian IT outsourcing firms are getting royally assfucked. Let the great flush begin.

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As someone who works in a tech adjacent industry... FUCK YES.

American companies should be hiring Americans and not these shit fuck Indian consulting companies who pay their workers pennies.

People think globalization will bring the third world workers to first world standards. Instead its bring the first world workers to third world standards.
 
As someone who works in a tech adjacent industry... FUCK YES.

American companies should be hiring Americans and not these shit fuck Indian consulting companies who pay their workers pennies.

People think globalization will bring the third world workers to first world standards. Instead its bring the first world workers to third world standards.
I work in tech too and it's a fucking disease. All these alleged 💩 infosec employees and not one of them knows what active directory is.
 
Know a dude who retired early working on that problem. He gets orgs/founders/owners reaching out at least every other week trying to get him back in.

There is a MASSIVE need, particularity in specialized, domestic light/medium manufacturing, for people who can accurately observe, analyze and execute.
I’m on my 4th job in. 5 years not because I got fired but I kept getting promoted due to this shortage.
 
normally i ask if you're retarded on purpose, but i know you're not.

1.4 million USD worth of imports from the island in 2022.
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it's right here, you absolute nigger. i'm sorry your parents abandoned you before you learned how to read, but if you were capable of actually researching a topic at a 5th grade level you'd have seen that this has already been discussed in thread, and you made eyourself look like a dumb faggot by posting this.
2022 is the ONLY YEAR since 2010 that happens, THE ONLY YEAR.
and its 1 MILLION DOLLAR.
You understand that there are multiple explanations beside "a loophole".
You understand that the place has people going to study the fucking place?
If this was a loophole it would be use for a LOT MORE and a lot more people and VERY OFTEN.
But you don't understand, because you are the dumbest person in this thread.
Enjoy your penguin money
 
having thought more on the tariffs and who it is specifically opposing them, this is all i can come to the thought of, rationally.

if your enemy spends his every waking moment trying every conceivable way to stop you from doing something, you can be sure that this thing will be a significant problem for him.
Absolutely. They lost any goodwill from me in the area of wanting anything good to happen to America years ago so why would I believe their lies now?
In Trump's summary of unfair trade practices, the EU has a 34 page section, beaten only by China with 48 pages.
The EU saw us as their dumb muscle and their piggy bank and I want them to eat shit even more than I want China to eat shit. China at least makes it clear that we're trading partners at best. The EU bleats about us being friends while insulting us at every turn in every way when they wouldn't even have a third of the luxuries they do without America footing the bill.
 
There is a MASSIVE need, particularity in specialized, domestic light/medium manufacturing, for people who can accurately observe, analyze and execute.
There's an intense competency crisis in a large swath of manufacturing. My company can't find people who know much of anything regarding our manufacturing processes that are a backbone of a segment of an entire major industry in this country. I'm not talking about the actual labor people (which is a whole other problem), but I mean the cerebral folks who's job it is to look at incoming work and select and implement the correct processing steps in order to meet the requirements of the customer. When we do find someone under 30 who seems to have a brain and initiative to learn, they don't seem capable of comprehending the technical documents involved. They simply give up despite a bunch of old heads here who are willing to teach them the first time it gets complicated.
 
Everyone who's quoted in this article is with a professional organization or is an analyst, so of course they're dooming,

Funny this is, zoomers have been bitching about the excess consoomerism and fast fashion for over 5 years now. Just call the tariffs on clothes a carbon tax for climate. They should be clapping like seals about Shein and Temu getting tariffed.
 
I rescind my apology from about a month ago. Granted, I'm skimming highlights because I'm a lazy nigger, but I don't believe for a second that the Hulkster is constantly getting summoned in here. Which is fine. I love the Hulkster; I just want him to acknowledge that he couldn't keep his promise of staying out and loves wading in this delightful shit show which is the U.S. Politics General 2 thread. Embrace your inner nigger, Terry. You're as autistic as the rest of us.
 
2022 is the ONLY YEAR since 2010 that happens, THE ONLY YEAR.
and its 1 MILLION DOLLAR.
You understand that there are multiple explanations beside "a loophole".
You understand that the place has people going to study the fucking place?
If this was a loophole it would be use for a LOT MORE and a lot more people and VERY OFTEN.
But you don't understand, because you are the dumbest person in this thread.
Enjoy your penguin money
If this only happened once and it's not going to happen again, then why the do you care so much?

I assume it's because it's not the Penguin paying tariffs that you care about, but because the world as it WAS is dead and the world as it WILL BE is being BORN before your eyes and that TERRIFIES you.
 
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