Will tariffs make America great?

Orphia Nay said:
I looked it up.

Apparently it was just a 10-hour glitch.

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And look at how much tariffs they have collected!
The CPB said in a statement to CNBC that since April 5, it has collected over $500 million under the new tariffs, and $21 billion in total tariff revenue under new trade actions implemented since Jan 20, 2025.
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US importers have had to pay half a billion dollars more to import their products in the last fortnight. I am sure they will be pleased about this.

Of course, 0.5 billion is barely a drop in the bucket of trillions of dollars of US debt.
 
well right now the tariff policy has the market dropping and bond yields rising. which means investors are pulling out of both. if that continues, who’s going to be buying the next debt ceiling?

better hope they don’t fire powell
 
dirtywick said:
well right now the tariff policy has the market dropping and bond yields rising. which means investors are pulling out of both. if that continues, who’s going to be buying the next debt ceiling?

better hope they don’t fire powell
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Oh, they will. Such perverseness is not just typical but now predictable.
 
Am I missing something? Are not the billions of dollars collected in the "new tariffs" ultimately taken from the poor old American Consumer? :hit:

I'm sure they'll be happy to get there own money back in some form somehow. :derolleyes:
 
Gord_in_Toronto said:
Am I missing something? Are not the billions of dollars collected in the "new tariffs" ultimately taken from the poor old American Consumer? :hit:

I'm sure they'll be happy to get there own money back in some form somehow. :derolleyes:
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No no! China pays all the tariffs! Billion and billions! Americans are getting SOOO rich! All their debt is being blown away!

:sarcasm:
 
Gord_in_Toronto said:
Am I missing something? Are not the billions of dollars collected in the "new tariffs" ultimately taken from the poor old American Consumer? :hit:

I'm sure they'll be happy to get there own money back in some form somehow. :derolleyes:
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Yeah but it's a virtuous circle where the tariff something something and the value of the dollar rises so the imports end up costing the same. Well they would have cost the same if you bought them after. Except that only happens if you buy them at tariff prices. Don't think too hard about that.

Also the value of the dollar has to fall to make US exports viable to bring back manufacturing. It all works when the dollar both rises and falls simultaneously and the Dear Leader will make it so.
 
Greater Than Games, publisher of Sentinels of the Multiverse, Spirit Island, and other board and card games, has been shut down by their parent company, with all but two or three employees let go. The latest crowdfunded expansion for Sentinels is apparently sitting on palettes in China, but they don't have enough money to bring it to the US because of the tariffs.
 
William Parcher said:
Does anyone know what the Dow closed at today? My source seems to be stuck on yesterday.
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I'm sure it's the best, biggest ever! People go up to me, with tears in their eyes, and they say "Sir, thank you!" and that's like a bag with things in it, an old-fashioned word, but I'm bringing it back.
 
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