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John's avatar

Is Hugh Hewitt that stupid or just a ridiculous lick-spittle for idiocy?

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Michael Koller's avatar

I guess the CBO missed the point that tariffs are not income from other countries. Rather it's income from the economic activity of consumers as corporations pass the cost of tariffs (increased wholesale prices) on to consumers (increased retail price). Even if it raised $4 trillion in income, it's coming out of the pocket of consumers. It's a federal VAT without the value added. Trump is an economic illiterate.

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Lee's avatar

He's SOOOOO EFFING S-T-O-O-P-I-D!!!! It's laughable how DUMB he is...and the American people voted him into office not once, but TWICE!!! WTF is wrong with people (rhetorical question)???

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Reldas's avatar

The radical left has been taken over the CBO? Victory for the working class! Now let's do $25/hr min wage, just to make the capitalists shit their pants about paying their employees (who make the company profitable) enough to actually live.

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Marta Layton's avatar

Oh, Tim, how quaint. You think the past gives any protection for the future. Next thing you'll expect us to believe 2+2 = 4.

It's like Drew Carey said, back in the day: the rules are made up, and the points truly don't matter. Even when they should.

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Doreen D's avatar

Yep plain and simple, Trump’s Tax Bill is nothing more than a wealth transfer from the middle class to the wealthy. Can’t wait for MAGA to make that realization. Dummies.

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rlritt's avatar

He is nuts.

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Dave Malinowski's avatar

I was reading along today on Spotify (as one does) and just wanted to know, JVL, if you knew the AI gods have dubbed you…Chibio?

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Stacey C.'s avatar

I just can't stand his voice. I mean all the stupid people in his cabinet, his base, the entire GOP and in the main stream media, it's really unbelievable, this timeline sucks!

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Jackie Banks's avatar

Funny, he STILL hasn’t extended tariffs to Russia - you know - to stop the Ukraine war!!!

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Jackie Banks's avatar

Here in Europe it’s called Value Added Tax (VAT). VAT is a sales tax, just like trump’s tariffs.

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Michael Koller's avatar

Without any value added.

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Carol E Smith's avatar

If only we could tariff all the lies coming from his ugly mouth.

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Audrey Wolf's avatar

They report it like this is amazing news. What they won’t say is who paid the tariffs. So the American people just handed over to the government 86 billion. That’s quite the tax hike. Paid for mostly by the poor and middle class.

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HH's avatar

This is all just so, so stupid. America must be a nation of absolute morons to have let things get to this point. 😮‍💨

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John's avatar

Yes

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steve robertshaw's avatar

To be fair, it's only about half of Americans that are morons. Though most of the rest are ignorant and apathetic!

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HairPlugToupee's avatar

Some of these takes are starting to feel like empty calories.

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Liz's avatar

The CBO appears to be doing the same thing many written news outlets are doing these days - put the information that might not anger Trump in the first paragraph or two, and the negative information closer to the end. They're taking advantage of the short attention spans of this administration.

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