Tom Nichols: The belief that at some point Trump voters will have finally had enough is an ordinary human response to seeing people you care about - in this case fellow citizens - associate with someone you know to be awful. For millions of the GOP faithful, however, Trump's daily attempts to breach new frontiers of hideousness are not offensive but reassuring. They want Trump to be awful - precisely because the people they view as their political foes will be so appalled if he wins.
#19 | Posted by LampLighter | Flag: How to not look like a complete moron while posting on the Retort.
"Bottomline expanding the government's control in our lives." -
#22 | Posted by BILLJOHNSON
Gosh, you mean government's control in our lives like this:
So, since BILLJOHNSON and his ilk believe that they know what's best for women - women they will never meet and never know - they want the government in the same room as the woman and her health care provider. And why is that? It is because they can't be there themselves.The government's control in our lives like that, BILLJOHNSON ? ? ?
@#22 ... Bottomline expanding the government's control in our lives. ...
So, does the government control in our lives extend to fmr Pres trump using the military to extinguish opinions he does not agree with?
Is such a thing a too much, too little, or just right, amount of control of government in our lives?
re: drudge.com
What do your high school history lessons tell you?
Lamp,
Ha-Ha...quoting Nelson Muntz.
I only finished 10th grade and joined the Navy when I turned 17.
"However, today at this point in time, Harris is not what I want in office." -
#29 | Posted by BILLJOHNSON
That's because you hate women, BILLJOHNSON.
What's fun about plonking here on the Retort:Fun, indeed.
Yeah, you can no longer see the plonked person's posts.
But they can still see yours...
Which means that you can't see the plonked person's reply.
Trump has ideas which I'd like to hear more about.
LOL
Tarrifs (cause that will allow him to corruptly give out largesse)
Round up millions and ship them out (get use to images like this-en.wikipedia.org )
Go after his enemies.
That is just about it on his policies.
Harris...who the hell knows what she's planning...don't want to find out.
Why Bill, are you afraid? Harris' plans. Not a scary thing in there, though you won't like every single one, but you can find some you'll agree with because she's addressing the real concerns of all Americans, not just her supporters. Like Presidents are supposed to do.
Trump has no plans that don't include what he sees as best for him, not you, not me, and not anyone else. And that's okay if you prefer that. Just don't hold Harris to a different standard while not knowing anything about what she's been saying for the last 3 months. She's not hiding what she wants for Americans. She offers details and Trump offers soundbites and panders.
#25 | Posted by LampLighter | Flag: How to not look like a complete moron while posting on the Retort.
#34 | Posted by LampLighter | Flag: How to not look like a complete moron while posting on the Retort.
@#33 ... Tarrifs (cause that will allow him to corruptly give out largesse) ...
Yup.
The question becomes...
Who can impose tariffs, and for what purpose?
Some background...
Who has the Authority to Impose Tariffs and how does this Affect International Trade?
yeutter-institute.unl.edu
... In early 2018 President Trump imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. This law states that the president can raise tariffs on imports that pose a threat to national security. Section 232 allows the President to implement these tariffs without the approval of Congress, following an investigation by the Department of Commerce. The Commerce Department has noted that threats to national security may include "fostering U.S. dependence on unreliable or unsafe imports" or "fundamentally threatening the ability of U.S. domestic industries to satisfy national security needs."1 However, there are many members of Congress on both sides of the aisle who would like to rein in the President's ability to unilaterally impose tariffs.
Background
While the U.S. Constitution grants to Congress the power to levy tariffs on goods, Congress has delegated some of that power to the Executive Branch over time. The U.S. Constitution states in Article I, Section 8 that "The Congress shall have the Power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises." Congress passed general tariff legislation until the early 1930s. However, in a move to grant more flexibility to the President to revitalize global trade in the midst of the Great Depression, Congress gave the Executive Branch the power to negotiate tariff reductions within levels pre-approved by Congress through the Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act of 1934. President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first President to have the authority to levy tariffs and negotiate bilateral trade agreements without the approval of Congress.2
The Executive Branch has continued to exercise a level of authority over tariffs over the past few decades. In 1962 President Kennedy signed into law the Trade Expansion Act, which allows the President to adjust tariffs based on threats to national security under section 232.3 This is the authority under which President Trump imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum, which have a vast impact on some of the United States' biggest trading partners and many U.S. industries. Since the beginning of the year, there have been bipartisan efforts in Congress to try to regain some of the power that was delegated to the Executive branch to regulate trade. ...
So, it seems that fmr Pres trump, should he win the Oval Office, could use tariffs to hurt only companies who do not support him.
Making Tariffs Great Again: Does President Trump Have Legal Authority to Implement New Tariffs on U.S. Trading Partners and China? (October 10, 2024)
www.csis.org
... Conclusion
If Trump wins back the White House, U.S. trading partners are likely to face a barrage of renewed tariff threats, which has left many companies and trading partners struggling to better understand what measures may be coming. During Trump's first term, he used tariffs for a variety of purposes, including diversifying supply chains (e.g., China), addressing global excess capacity (e.g., steel and aluminum), and for leverage in negotiations with Europe, China, Canada, and Mexico. Trump also has a longstanding view that U.S. average tariff rates are too low, a vestige of past General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade rounds, the 1994 Uruguay Round Agreements, and the World Trade Organization, which locked in U.S. tariffs through negotiated tariff "bindings." If he is reelected, there appear to be few practical or legal barriers to Trump making good on his campaign promise.
Trump's decision making process is also highly adaptable, so the ultimate outcomes are less clear. He likes to throw out provocative ideas that grab attention but sometimes abandons or adapts them if there's too much of a backlash. More than anything else, he is a dealmaker who uses provocative threats, including tariffs, for negotiating leverage and attention. ...
#44 | Posted by Corky
They're so skin-thinned that they plonk and run away.
Thinking they're clever.
#47 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-10-23 10:03 PM | Reply | Flag: How to not look like a complete moron while posting on the Retort.
Just popped up on a playlist here.
I have only heard this song broadcast on the WRPI-FM station.
Back in the day, that station was quite good in presenting alternative music. I remember them describing how they built the pedestals for the turntables upon which the music was played. I'll leave it there.
Wally - Your Own Way (1974)
www.youtube.com
#83 | Posted by Nixon
One of my favs is the Keep your government hands off my Medicare sticker on the back of their government-subsidized (or government fully paid for) scooter while attending a Trump rally, listening to the Kumquat Pol Pot trash America, calling it a garbage can.
Yeah. One of my favs.
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