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I genuinely think if it came to an actual war, china would win if it became a war of attrition. The US population I am convinced doesn’t have the stomach for the type of war that we have seen in Ukraine, and the US equipment while advanced, costs way too goddamn much to be used in a prolonged engagement. China at least has the ability to send endless meat to the grinder
 
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Barleys said:
Wages are not a good excuse for why manufacturing isnt brought back. It is a reason for moving manufacturing but it is not the reason. A 100% tariff would cost a company nearly 5 times as much to ship cars than to just pay American employees 20 bucks an hour. Tariffs are way more of a reason for why manufacturing is moved than wages are.
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Input costs are the sole reason manufacturing was offshored to begin with. Labor almost always being the highest input cost.

Levitcus prime24 said:
I wish I could get paid to be a ccp bitch to bad I have dignity
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Recognizing reality doesn't make someone a "CCP bitch", putting your fingers in your ears and burying your head in the sand does.
 
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Angelos32 said:
I genuinely think if it came to an actual war, china would win if it became a war of attrition. The US population I am convinced doesn’t have the stomach for the type of war that we have seen in Ukraine, and the US equipment while advanced, costs way too goddamn much to be used in a prolonged engagement. China at least has the ability to send endless meat to the grinder
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Nah, we will throw the libtards first and then our best troops.
 
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Angelos32 said:
I genuinely think if it came to an actual war, china would win if it became a war of attrition. The US population I am convinced doesn’t have the stomach for the type of war that we have seen in Ukraine, and the US equipment while advanced, costs way too goddamn much to be used in a prolonged engagement. China at least has the ability to send endless meat to the grinder
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I don't know anything about who's better positioned for a fight really, but both the US and China have enough nukes each that I doubt either one actually wants the other one to lose a huge war and spazz out. Everyone would rather stay apart and flex at the other guy and get an economic-cultural victory. I think any war that did break out would have to be geographically limited e.g. strictly over and on Taiwan so that nobody ever felt pressured to use the red button.
 
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deleuzeon said:
I don't know anything about who's better positioned for a fight really, but both the US and China have enough nukes each that I doubt either one actually wants the other one to lose a huge war and spazz out. Everyone would rather stay apart and flex at the other guy and get an economic-cultural victory. I think any war that did break out would have to be geographically limited e.g. strictly over and on Taiwan so that nobody ever felt pressured to use the red button.
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Yes, but it would be fucking awful for whoever got sent there, if it’s anything like the Ukraine war
 
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Angelos32 said:
I genuinely think if it came to an actual war, china would win if it became a war of attrition. The US population I am convinced doesn’t have the stomach for the type of war that we have seen in Ukraine, and the US equipment while advanced, costs way too goddamn much to be used in a prolonged engagement. China at least has the ability to send endless meat to the grinder
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There isn't a bin sticker large enough for you.
 
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HTTP Error 404 said:
The thing is I distinctly remember ... Obama was it? Having the EPA just elect not to enforce certain things cause it would have made King Nigger's admin look bad. So we already selectively enforce EPA standards, mostly to help white liberals enforce NIMBY and punish red states. EPA / OSHA reforming should be on the books...
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Team Trump really need to eliminate the obama era standards so we can make cheaper cars without shit like backup cams and infotainment.

Also, anyone else remember the killswitch law that was passed a few years ago? Its supposed to go into effect in 2026.
 
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CEO of Gay said:
I think you fail to understand that when illegal immigrants are paying taxes, they're often committing tax fraud, using someone else's numbers to file in their name. If the person who's numbers were used illegally is still alive, that person has to deal with the IRS and their local tax authorities over the fraudulent filings, which can become a Kafkaesque nightmare in the blink of an eye.

There is no doubt in my mind that the IRS is sitting on a treasure trove of hard evidence that can be used to positively identify, round up, and deport a number of illegal immigrants.
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No lmao. The illegals who are stealing SS numbers are not the same ones who are paying taxes. The illegals who pay taxes first obtain individual taxpayer ID numbers (ITIN) from the IRS, which allows them to file annual taxes.
Someone would have to be retarded to think it would be a good idea to file taxes using someone else’s SS number, and then submitting that as evidence to the government.
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They shouldn't be filing taxes because they don't belong in this country. To the extent that they have income it should be entirely seized. If a government agent accepts a tax filing from someone they somehow know is here illegally, that agent should be guilty of a felony quite frankly
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IRS agents don’t have all the information on their own, nor the ability to put it all together. Applications for ITINs don’t require full disclosure of immigration status. Secondly, there are several situations in which an illegal alien can legally obtain an employment authorization document (EAD) from the government.

HOMO FOR LIFE RETURNS said:
If businesses hire these fucks legally, they'd have to report it to IRS and they do.

Now, they can't hire them without putting them on spotline.

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Again, illegals are not per se barred from obtaining EADs from the government. If they have a valid EAD, they can legally work.
 
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