Monday, January 06, 2025

Firms Avoided Tariffs by Donating to the GOP

An analysis of Trump's last presidency identified one way to boost their chances of avoiding the levies: donating to the Republican party.

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 12:31 PM | 8 COMMENTS | permalink

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As those of us old enough to vividly recall this date know, putin eventually gained power and established an authoritarian oligarchy- like that taking hold in the US right now as CEO's rush pay fealty to trump to avoid tariffs. Still fighting, now it's here, again-ushered in by the GOP.[image or embed]

-- Alyssa Williams ... (@alyssa667.bsky.social) December 26, 2024 at 11:27 AM

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Is there a Mutual Fund or ETF that just invests in a basket of firms who kiss Trumps posterior? That seems like the best place for a good fascist to keep their retirement savings.

#1 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-01-06 01:02 PM

No $#!+

#2 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-01-06 01:25 PM

One step from paying protection money to the Mafia. There is a non-zero probability such payments will not yield the desired results...

#3 | Posted by catdog at 2025-01-06 02:24 PM

Do defacto quid quo pros matter anymore, MAGAts ?

#4 | Posted by Wardog at 2025-01-06 03:17 PM

How do you spell 'corruption'?

I spell it G.O.P.

#5 | Posted by earthmuse at 2025-01-07 06:25 AM

GOP hasn't a monopoly on corruption, but they have raised it to industrial levels. Right, Leon?

#6 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-01-07 06:27 AM

Wouldn't surprise me if the entire point of the constant tariff talk was simply bait to get corps and wealthy donors with interests to shovel money into the GOP coffers and, by extension, Trump and his inner circle's pockets.

#7 | Posted by jpw at 2025-01-07 11:20 AM

Yeah, that's what mob bosses do. They shake people down for money.

#8 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-01-07 04:26 PM

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