President-elect Trump confirmed Monday that he is planning to declare a national emergency and use the U.S. military to carry out mass deportations.
@#74 ... Do you know what a tariff is?
Sure I do. It's what China does to our goods when they are sold in their country. ...
So, you admit you have not a clue how tariffs work.
Tariffs are paid by the entity importing into the Country.
Tariffs are due at the point of entry when the goods are moved onto US territory.
Tariffs: What are they, who pays for them and who do they benefit? (October 2024)
dornsife.usc.edu
... What is a tariff and what is its function?
A tariff is a tax placed on goods when they cross national borders. The most common type is an import tariff, which taxes goods brought into a country. There are also export tariffs, which are taxes on goods a country exports, though these are rare. The United States does not allow export tariffs; the Constitution (Article I, Section 9) forbids them.
Tariffs are typically imposed for protection or revenue purposes.
A protective tariff increases the price of imported goods relative to domestic goods, encouraging consumers to buy from local producers, who are thus "protected" from foreign competition. ...
@#93 ... I voted because he said "Promises made, Promises KEPT". No one else said that. ...
The biggest lie Trump tells is that he's kept his promises (2018)
www.vox.com
... A raft of populist pledges have been left on the cutting room floor.
President Donald Trump is such a hard-core liar that Wednesday morning on Twitter he quoted a Marc Thiessen column defending his honesty that literally contains the line, "Don't get me wrong, Trump lies all the time."
Thiessen downplays Trump's routine dishonesty with the dismissal that "in part, it's a New York thing " everything is the biggest and the best."
As a New Yorker, I have to say that it is not actually true that people in New York act like sociopathic liars (and imagine the uproar in conservative media if I sniffily dismissed complaints about Bill Clinton's dishonesty by saying he's from Arkansas).
But more to the point is Thiessen's argument " quoted by Trump " that he delivers on his promises. That's important since one big problem in politics with having a well-deserved reputation as a liar is that if a liar leads your political movement, you are liable to be betrayed. Thiessen, and Trump himself, wants to reassure supporters that even though Trump may be a huge liar, he won't break faith with them.
Trump fans are supposed to believe that they are in on the con and it's the rest of us who are the marks. Unfortunately, that's exactly how a well-run con works and the truth is Trump's record in office is littered with broken promises.
Trump has broken lots of promises
Thiessen, of course, can't actually deny that some of the things Trump promised as a candidate have not, in fact, happened. But he writes that "where Trump has failed to keep promises, such as building the wall or repealing Obamacare, it has not been for a lack of trying."
On the wall, however, it's not just that Trump hasn't persuaded Congress to appropriate the staggering amount of money his pointless border wall would cost.
The thing he promised as a candidate was to make Mexico pay for the wall " i.e., to brush aside the fiscal concerns that have in fact made wall-building impossible by asserting that there was a way to get the wall for free. This idea was so mind-bogglingly ridiculous that it's probably for the best that Trump hasn't actually tried to do it. But he definitely hasn't tried, and he's not going to be able to deliver on his promise because the promise was fundamentally dishonest. ...
Half of Americans read at 6th grade level or below -- and it's crushing
northdenvertribune.com
... Is America's social, political and economic dysfunction driven by some as simple as low literacy?
The claim that half of Americans read below a 6th-grade level is supported by multiple sources. According to recent studies, approximately 54% of American adults aged 16-74 have literacy skills below a 6th-grade level[1][2][5]. This statistic highlights significant literacy challenges in the U.S., affecting about 130 million adults[6]. These low literacy levels have implications for personal and economic outcomes, as they can impact employment opportunities and income levels[1][2][5]. ...
Young Americans Rely on Social Media Influencers for News, Pew Says
www.bnnbloomberg.ca
... A significant number of young adults get their news from social media "news influencers" that generally don't have traditional journalism training or news experience, according to new data from Pew Research Center.
Nearly 40% of young adults under 30 rely on these news influencers to stay updated on current events and politics, Pew found. The vast majority of those influencers -- 77% -- aren't affiliated with a news organization or have never worked in the news industry.
The new data highlights a changing media landscape in which young people, in particular, are relying more and more on non-traditional news sources to learn about important topics like government, social issues and the economy.
The study, based on insight from 10,000 adults and 500 news influencers in the United States, comes in the wake of a contentious presidential election where candidates on both sides leaned heavily on social media creators to disseminate information and mobilize voters. ...
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