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That depends on:
- how you define "Europe"
- how you define "here"
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Trump's Tariff's - Updates
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In an odd twist, Elon Musk speaks out against imposing tariffs on the EU:
"At the end of the day, I hope it is agreed that both Europe and the United States should move ideally in my view to a zero-tariff situation, effectively creating a free-trade zone."
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"At the end of the day, I hope it is agreed that both Europe and the United States should move ideally in my view to a zero-tariff situation, effectively creating a free-trade zone."
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Zero tariff and zero to very limited restrictions. But I can’t agree to this as an ideal situation.
Here’s the thing to remember about the trade issue. After WW2 and afterwards the US offered up open markets to the US so that nations could recover their economies. We were flush and putting solders back to work.
And this was the status quo basically for 75 years. Now the US has a massive trade imbalance and debt.
There needs to be drastic changes to the system or the US import market will crash.
No nation, reserve currency or not, cannot continue debt like we have indefinitely.
That is what’s at stake here.
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Neither major political party in the US considers debt reduction nor balanced budgets priorities anymore. Taking the austere steps necessary to balance the federal budget and reduce/eliminate federal debt chase low information voters away....
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Whoa, buckle up. It's going to be a wild ride. I don't think putin is going to like this very much! 
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I think the statement doesn't look at a lot of issues that came from it. Blacks and non-whites were banned from quality education less than 1940's's that's less than 2 generations ago, things don't fix in 2 generations. Thus education is still going to be low and the economic gap is going to be very far apart. The reason why jews whoop the fuck out of whites in terms of economics is due to their education on it which whites in America typically aren't pre-disposed to, and they have a lack of institutional powers compared to jewish people (on average). once again I'm not saying all jews, but if you grab 20 white people and 20 jewish people you're more likely to have a better financial stance by a longshot in the 20 jewish people.
compare whites to blacks and the whites will blow them out of the water on average, this is due to systematic issues in a system such as education, opportunity, and family backing/name.
Blacks less than 140 years ago aka about 3 generations were not able to get good education and some groups (a lot) still don't receive proper education as they are still in the trashy areas they were stuck in due to economic momentum aka their ability to earn and leave the shithole. Look up the avg white predominant school district vs predominant black/immigrant school district and you'll see the scores. Once again this is not everybody, this is majorities.
For capitalism to succeed you need to pray on a group of people and in the past that was blacks, now it's first and second-generation immigrants, and now it's going to be anyone who's poor. When you can keep people uneducated in financial and skill development you can keep them as a slave.
Everyone knows my statement on success and how to attain it in this country and what's a pre-req to succeed at a reliable rate. You need to have a good family and have the opportunity to seek education that's not from an institution that underperforms heavily. though a lot of blacks and immigrants live in these low cost environments that pre-dispose them to it.
Highlight: there is a us grant covering teaching degrees for you to teach at these shit-hole schools who'll just underpay you because they don't receive enough to get okay staff in the first place even though they are public schools, lol. The kicker is.. yeah you're not going to make what even the avg teacher makes and you're going to live in a bad area. But hey this is capitalism fuck them kids they deserve to work in a factory and have no chance because they "didn't try in school" It's not likely because they were in a shitty area with limited economic opportunity for the people who lived their before them so their parents are uneducated and unable to put their kids in a good spot aka get them a good education. So the kid will fall in the same spot the parent was sliding down economically because INFLATION over time. But hey... this isn't entirely the govs fault, it's just the system that was designed and applauded by capitalism.
Capitalism is a system where you grow if you have venture-cap or capital behind you. You need to have a structure behind you else you can't utilize capitalism properly and that's why a lot of non-white communities lack to have a hold in the market. Even white communities can't do this properly, if anything you're most likely to have it if your Jewish due to the upbringing they were stuck in and the traditional passing of the torch over many generations.
Capitalism isn't a system where you can have a good quality of life if your parents weren't shit, your education is very rocky due to being born in a bad community, and you have a lack of time because you're grinding just to survive and have no other options besides 1. grind 2. do illegal activity to subsidize earnings, 3 work 2 jobs and have no time to seek education or you have a really bad predisposition to education due to youth.
which in psychology is how racism started in the first place (Bad predisposition) to minority groups via family or seeing a singular doing something bad and attaching it to the whole group. This is also why American students suck ass at math (predisposition to hating math from family or friends).
Capitalism simply compounds all of these issues. Though no system is correct, but I prefer the systems of the Nordic countries where people aren't slaves to a company and can have mental health days and their medical covered.
But once again, I don't have to worry about the issues of capitalism myself as I am not a part of the game. I'm beyond financially free and I can retire tomorrow and just keep pulling loans against my stock to live and blow money on stupid items while keeping up my contributions to underprivileged communities. When you have someone of a higher economic class trying to hand you the keys to show you how the system is designed and made to keep individuals trapped...and you don't take it, it's on you. Though my work has changed generations along with my contributions. It didn't just change the future generations of my individual family.
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And this is the motivation of support for Trump right now. As you say neither party I say the uniparty
I wasn’t referring to them individually but as a group they are classified as unskilled. They are not master electricians or finish carpenters Etc.There's a pill for that.Thing is allot of them are not unskilled. Those two Mexicans I talked about did a really good job. Worked all day in the Texas heat in July. All they asked for was a glass of water. I have no problem with migrants. I just want them to be vetted and come here legally. It should not take years for that to happen. IMO
Even if they can wire a house or build a piano… ok wait, anyone building a piano as a hobby is going to get spotted to at least journeyman until they could take a master exam.
Now I completely forgot my point and it’s getting late I need to grab my interpreter and go see what my farm workers want for lunch. They are rebuilding a bridge in the back pasture and welding a giant sliding door on my hangar and barn..,.
Ouch.
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It's not like that I'm saying everything begins to stack, if you have bad fundamentals, it stacks higher and higher, and the more lack of fundamentals you have the less likely it is you'll even do CC. American CC has a 1/3 odds of passing if you take a single remedial class. aka you are 1/3 people if you continue the degree if you took a single remedial class. The odds just go down if you're from a non-nuclear family, don't have proper transportation besides a bus, lack of free time to study, etc.
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Oh by all means I bow at your feet.
Your self accolades are as transparent and opaque as your spin.
FFS
If capitalism is so racists and predatory because that is basically human nature in many ways.
What is it that makes you think another .ism is somehow immune to those same human traits.
That individuals at the social level can behave abhorrently means that when controlled and strictly managed economic systems do so then the damage and pain inflicted by them is magnified exponentially.
New Related Thread:
Please post about China cutting rare earths off to the US in post listed above.
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I don't think you can fix it. People will always find a way to marganilize groups of people.
If not color, it's money, if not money it's education. It's clan mentality; though, when you break clan mentality you can become a better person and more productive and less critical on human mistakes.
I think we need to highlight more of how the Nazis rose to power, how the klan rose to predominance, and how hate groups assemble in almost every country as the awareness of how hate groups form and how disconnection from other groups and ethnicities emboldens this activity which leads to individuals getting locked out of opportunities due to predetermined notions.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. Not every Nazi was a jew hating murderer, not every trump supporter hates Mexicans, not every democrat hates gun owning Republicans, not every person apart of japans military was apart of the testing unit.
Small groups of bad create a bad name for the whole group and when individuals learn to disconnect the individuals from the whole group they can understand the interconnection between us all and what drives us besides face value things like money or a nationality.
Not every North Korean was bad, nor is every South Korean.
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Bloomberg reports the European Commission has agreed to introduce 25% tariffs on a number of US goods, and member states are set to approve the plan in the coming days.
The rollout would begin on Apr 15 and the new tariffs would be in full effect by mid-May.
The EU imports approx. 330 billion USD worth of US goods annually (2024 figures).
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The rollout would begin on Apr 15 and the new tariffs would be in full effect by mid-May.
The EU imports approx. 330 billion USD worth of US goods annually (2024 figures).
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Americans are living beyond their means!
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What you are saying is completely false, after the Second World War, there was the Marshall Plan and the condition was: buy American if you want us to rebuild (France)
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We’re screwed and one should simply grab all they can.
While at the same time doing more to benefit society more than most.
But don’t waste your money on an education but only a fool would. It continue with higher education.
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I guess there's a reading comprehension issue, Chatgpt could help with that.
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TDLR: Education can help solve a good bit of issues such as racism, and financial literacy (once again some groups get non-employable degrees and fuck around). If you have a bad start in life it's heavily likely that you won't succeed or attain an education. Looking at the statistics on parents under 25, the biggest factor in them succeeding or failing is based on 1. HS education and 2. economic opportunity in the area. I think lower-end jobs can help pivot you and garner you money to get an education, but the low-end job won't lead to a career because it's harder for them to hire someone for a shitty role (train/retain) than it is for a nice one that pays a livable wage (because more people will apply for it).
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I also never said everyone is screwed, I've reiterated that if you have statistics stacked against you such as bad education (due to the education system you were placed into), you lack funds to go to cc/college/trades, and you lack capital/investment to start a business you're likely going to be fucked, especially if you lack a support structure (family/friends). I reiterate over and over again that nobody should have to live like that or be stuck like that unless it's their own individual choice: they shouldn't be forced into that spot when they are putting in their best of effort to not be impoverished/unable to get affordable education, healthcare, dental.
Yet you claim to love America and the people, but you won't even agree on the simple fact that if an American works 40 hours a week they deserve affordable healthcare/dental/a good quality of life where they don't live in pain and aren't living paycheck to paycheck. It shows more about your character that we can't agree on the simple fact a 40-hour work week aka the working man doesn't deserve a good life where they aren't constantly in pain due to dental/health issues that can be or could have been resolved if the operations/medications were affordable.
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Tariffs are working beautifully thanks to Trump. America is repairing itself and growing stronger. In a few months Trump will have fixed alot of the previous administrations damage, of which alot was purposely done for Trump. Amazing what he has had to deal with unnecessarily and yet still comes out on top for America first. Proud of you Trump. Keep up the excellent effort. For all those still crying we will be laughing as your debt dramatically drops over a very short time period. Your living standards improve, more jobs ,cheaper groceries etc. 
there is enough money to consider a better health system like Australia . Looks like Aussie interest rates will drop soon due to Trump aswell. Thankyou Trump 
looking forward to the future. 
there is enough money to consider a better health system like Australia . Looks like Aussie interest rates will drop soon due to Trump aswell. Thankyou Trump looking forward to the future. 
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I just had a great call with the Acting President of South Korea. We talked about their tremendous and unsustainable Surplus, Tariffs, Shipbuilding, large scale purchase of U.S. LNG, their joint venture in an Alaska Pipeline, and payment for the big time Military Protection we provide to South Korea. They began these Military payments during my first term, Billions of Dollars, but Sleepy Joe Biden, for reasons unknown, terminated the deal.