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TrashPosterInTheDark
Well you are fortunate to have enough cash on hand to buy American made products. But it doesn't explain away the fact that Wallmart and Big Lots do so well.
TrashPosterInTheDark
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I don't know how Wallmart is pulling their strings but reality is, almost everyone is doing quite well right now.
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Its simple. People buy cheap. It's the way of life for the middle class. America will never compete with China paying workers 1.25 an HR. Tariffs are a dumb move.
TrashPosterInTheDark
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It's impossible to sell anything other than raw material to China.
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Even Roger Ver slams Trump for those tariffs. And for the most part I disagree with a lot of Roger Ver's political views.
TrashPosterInTheDark
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Roger believe in free trade and so do I. But reality is China does not engage in free trade in any ways. That's how they became the number one manufacturing power in the world.
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"Shanghai is becoming the most profitable Disneyland park in the world"
"Shanghai is really propelling a good chunk of [earnings growth for Disney right now."
https://goo.gl/cv8Awn
TrashPosterInTheDark
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Yes and Iphones also got a free pass too. Because that's the only way, by getting a free pass to bypass the policies which are granted by the chinese governement. Now what dummy?
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Since we are both on memo, I suppose we agree that the USD should not be global reserve currency. IF Donald Trump audits the fed, adopts crypto, and/or the gold standard, I will MAGA.
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I'm considering this as well. I don't care about the gold standard though.
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If Donald Trump allows paying taxes in Bitcoin Cash, trust me, I will never wear a non-red cap.
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Although I think Trump would be in favor of crypto, I doubt he will make any decisions on crypto in the two years he has left. He is too busy tweeting stupid shit on twitter.
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It is surprising weird to think about this...
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As a reserve currency, the USD needs to run a deficit. "The US can eliminate its trade deficit or run the world’s dominant currency—but not both."
https://goo.gl/dzeda2
TrashPosterInTheDark
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The US can definitely change how their silly monetary system works in the first place. But for that you need to make the Federal Reserve FEDERAL instead of private.
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"U.S. central bankers ... examined how global trade disputes could batter businesses and households, minutes of the Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting ...." https://goo.gl/Fpjenk
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If China does not fold to tariff threats, US will experience inflation. Interest rates will rise, and emerging markets will crash. https://goo.gl/LKvFdX
America First (for a while).
TrashPosterInTheDark
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Why would the US experience inflation because of that?
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Because prices of goods will rise. Even though you personally might face more economic opportunities (so maybe inflation won't bother you), the cost of goods will definitely climb.
TrashPosterInTheDark
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This is not what inlfation actually is.
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"In economics, inflation is a sustained increase in the price level of goods and services in an economy over a period of time."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflation
TrashPosterInTheDark
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Who wrote that silly wikipedia article? Inflation is the increase of the money supply. Rise of prices is a symptom of it.
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Inflation describes a phenomenon. Increasing the money supply is a monetary policy that causes inflation. https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/Inflation.html
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Right, so who gives a rats as that we have a trade deficit? . https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/05/us/politics/trade-deficit-tariffs-economists-trump.html
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"Boeing expects China to buy 7,690 new airplanes in the next 20 years as demand ... expands in the world’s most populous nation." https://goo.gl/WHBLEu
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"Hollywood says China will soon be world’s top film market, as ticket sales overtake US-Canada in 2018"
https://goo.gl/Smfxuc
TrashPosterInTheDark
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Your not making any point by doing so. Their importation policies are very strict and clear.
TrashPosterInTheDark
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Congrats for pointing out the very few products that got a free pass from their importation politics.