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Red Forman knows. Dumbasses
You know who you are...dumbass!
Jan 31, 2017 5:49 AM
cawildlife
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You know who you are...dumbass!
tetracycloide
This is what you get when you elect someone that thinks a trade deficit means you're shipping money to other countries...
JoeBobBriggs
They decided against the tariff days ago...
eromitlab
It's painfully obvious that this country needs more Red Forman in its life.
seriouslyprobableimminentlypossible
Of course. It's to be reimbursed. So they say.
Nazgul830
Then dont buy things from mexico
GhostP51
I guess the government is going to implode.
Swedish007
Old news outside blue eye US..
Darthmittens
Why don't people understand simple Econ, no Mexico will be paying for it....
FusRoDoodles
We could threaten to put a foot in his ass but then he'd cry about in on Twitter for a week.
Mavgurian
Keeping his hands on his phone and away from any pens to sign something might be one way ...
Mavgurian
Keeping his hands on his phone and away from any pens to sign something might be one way ...
chary
If a wall prevents illegal cross boarder traffic and drug smuggling, it's sane for the target country to pay for its own defence, isn't it?
LutraLazuli
i don't even like avacadoes, so thats one less thing i have to worry about, now about that job i was promised to pay for my part of the wall
Miles103RESPAWN
All my pro-Trump friends knew that they were going to pay for it. They just want stricter borders but no deportation. We are still friends.
Knightfall22
It really depends on how elastic the demand is. In the end, both the consumer and the producer will pay some amount of the cost.
MarioBoon
Red Forman is a republican I could respect.
CousinEddy
we only pay for it if we buy imported product not if you buy domestic products. Take it more as paying the price not paying $
FrayAdjacent
Just like increasing taxes and expenses on businesses in the US! YOU'RE PAYING FOR IT!
DespiseEveryone
You do know EVERYTHING a government does, is payed for by the taxpayer? Including dealing with immigrants.
jambolian
How about i put my foot in your ass
thepaperman
They're operating on the assumption that the companies will eat the increase instead of passing it on and risk losing business.
Violetheart17
Is it bad that the only thing I'm sad about is Mexican Coca-Cola being more expensive?
savageof
yeah but like who the fuck wants anything from mexico. that actually wont pay off the wall until the human race is extinct
IamNotInfected
Uninformed opinion. Most of your usual stuff is made outside of America and you just don't know it.
TearingAway
uninformed...more like woefully ignorant. Youre a nice person.
YesmynameisGreg
Depends on your definition of "paying". Mexico will be paying in that their economy will tank as we stop buying imported goods.
upvoteDogs22
It means we're paying for it.
GotLeverage
And Mexico can up the prices to import things to them or just stop buying stuff from us.
spacerocks
It's not even Mexico that would do it. If costs are higher, US stores would simply increase prices. Tax => cost transferred to the people.
Nazgul830
Then dont buy mexican goods
5po0ky
EXACTLY!!! If Trump puts a 20% tariff on imported goods, the prices of most every durable and non-durable goods goes up 19% immediately
5po0ky
Globalisation is responsible for keeping the price of those goods Americans buy as low as possible. It's why we enacted these trade deals!
ByThePowerofCommonSense
Yes except a good portion of that stuff only comes from Mexico right now so maybe in a couple years we could change to another country
5po0ky
Half of America has less wealth than they did 30yrs ago, but the low cost of products coming in from overseas makes it less noticeable
AgamemnonsMemes
And china is next. Hope you like paying a thousand dollars for an iphone
Leather4Ever
The biggest issue I have with Trump
BaronVonMadScience
*the bigliest
SaintMaceToTheFace
Why? This would make American products more competitive with countries that don't have labor laws like we do
AwesomeName
I lost count.
iprobablydontlikeyou
Actually it means the American people will pay for it.
DadApproved
My town wants a tax form bigger schools, and jails that would not be needed if not for illegals. I'd rather pay for a wall.
CleverNamesAreForChumps
From what I understand, the 20% tax was said in passing as a possible plan, not definite policy.
NeverEatASoggyBiscuit
Yeah, but when you are the fucken POTUS that shit has consequences
TomPocoTomBien
It's a secret plan, and only Trump has all the details of how it works....
TomPocoTomBien
... I wonder if he told his financial people "don't worry, I've got a secret plan" right before each time he went into bankruptcy.
JoeBobBriggs
They said they were going to go another route. Probably taxing remittances(50 billion a year) and pulling aid money.
GotLeverage
You say that now
jesusfuckingchristwhatnameisnttaken4
But they floated a horrible plan because they were too dumb to know it's horrible! Nor does it solve the problem of Mexico paying.
TomPocoTomBien
It's a secret plan, and only Trump has all the details of how it works....
MrDeadsr
Yeah it might be 15%. It's not Mexico is going to pay for it
MacaArena
Yeah, but since Trump has made it a point that mexico will pay for the wall, it seems wierd that it is even under consideration
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CleverNamesAreForChumps
Then allow me to clarify: The method of "payment" has not been decided yet, the 20% tax was just something said in addition to the claim 1/
CleverNamesAreForChumps
Other options are under consideration. We don't know what the final plan is going to be, because it hasn't been decided yet. 2/2
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jadda123876
HE SAID if you wouldn't be such a fuckwit and put him down even though he made a VALID FUCKING POINT
TheContemplatorOfFate
haven't you learned anything from 2016? "he's not going to do it" is followed by "holy shit he actually did it."
smarmageddon
Nccoffee
Well when that's the best plan they have it's alittle fucking frightening I think we can agree
EdmondAlmond
When did they say it was the best?
Nccoffee
It's kinda implied as it's the only plan they have
EdmondAlmond
Wall ain't built yet, they got plenty of time to come up with other plans. Be grateful they consult the people. Most presidents wouldn't.
Nccoffee
Haha they're not asking the people to vote on it you tool, they have no plan so they're throwing shit out there to shut people up
itwasbuilticame
Depends on the price elasticity of demand. OP doesn't understand economics.
jesusfuckingchristwhatnameisnttaken4
We all know you just learned the word "elasticity" yesterday and probably can't even explain what it means.
itwasbuilticame
I have a degree in econ, working on my 2nd.
jesusfuckingchristwhatnameisnttaken4
Then you'd know that elasticity has nothing to do with the tariff being a bad idea.
jesusfuckingchristwhatnameisnttaken4
Then you'd know that elasticity has nothing to do with the tariff being a bad idea.
itwasbuilticame
The tariff does have to do with the sentence "it means you're paying for it dumbass".
itwasbuilticame
We'd have to look at each good separately.
jesusfuckingchristwhatnameisnttaken4
I see, yep.. You're an idiot who has no idea.
itwasbuilticame
just because you don't understand a subject doesn't mean you should downvote my comments
itwasbuilticame
The tariff does have to do with the sentence "it means you're paying for it dumbass".
SaintMaceToTheFace
So? The point is to make American products competitive with products made in countries that don't have labor laws like we do
jesusfuckingchristwhatnameisnttaken4
No, the point according to Trump, was to make Mexico pay for the wall.
IamNotInfected
Except there's a shit ton of products that simply are not made in America at all and won't sunddely start being made there.
NotAPervert
Like what?
jesusfuckingchristwhatnameisnttaken4
All of the things for which we import 40% of our shit from mexico for. You want to list one product?
IamNotInfected
Some car parts, clothes, fruits, half of the tech you use every day. Just name it. Virtually, America has the ability to produce it all on 1
IamNotInfected
its home soil but it's actually impossible. If you use, money, land and men to grow fruits, you can't also invest in tech and clothes.
Longbowgun
"The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." - Plato
TrundleTheGr8
"You can make a red snake or a yellow snake!" -playdough
Liquidbullets
If you post this on a few more images I think things will change
Nccoffee
God forbid someone voice an opinion
Liquidbullets
It was more of copy and pasting this on every single post thing.
Nccoffee
Ohh that makes more since, I'll give you an upvote but idk how much that's gonna help at this point haha
Liquidbullets
Thanks for the thought, but points are just points. My most down voted post is still just a drop in the bucket
Longbowgun
I very adamantly beleive that the people that didn't vote handed the election to an evil man.
theoldgaffer
As opposed to handing it to an even more evil woman? Nice logic, pal.
hughesybooze
I'm beginning to come around to that point of view. But it doesn't change the fact that voting legitimises a broken and corrupt system.
Longbowgun
The only way the change an existing system - without burning it to the ground - is to use the system to change the system.
cloudliss
The dnc's obsession with pushing a polarizing candidate that half the country and even members of their own party despised maybe should 1/2
cloudliss
be a little higher on your list of people to blame. 2/2
Barkinsons
Still, every voter that didn't vote out of protest knew exactly what this means beforehand. It's a vote for Trump
wazero
I would like to apologize for not voting but in all fairness I was bed ridden and could barely move.
Nccoffee
If you can get a mail in balot next time around it's much much easier
wazero
Holy shit I didn't even know that was a thing, thank you!