Joe Ferguson forever

Bernie wouldn't purposefully tank the stock market. He'd tax capital gains more and wealth more. but it would be honest and transparent. He WOULDN'T increase taxes on the middle class thru tariffs. communist!

Any conflicts with MAGAs? Ours were minimal but the social media response from them has been a bit overwhelming. Telling that mostly they ask "what were you protesting" as if the complaints weren't written on placards.

not following. stopped the tariffs? Returned to average market returns? t 75k salary?

and they're not invested. "own the libs" is their highest aspiration.

more wealth just gone. If maga's goal was to remove wealth from the top 50%, mission accomplished. In short order. m'fers can go straight to hell...empathy is vanishing.

So, is SS for the poor? Despite the fact that every working person paid into it under an implied contract with OUR government. And the fact that to a point (165k I think) the more you make, the more you pay in. As far as loss of democracy, first would be the loss of control of the pursestrings by congress. And the overtaking of those pursestrings by the prez and an unelected billionaire. in fact, the new overwhelming power of several billionaires. In short, oligarchy. But don't worry, they care deeply about the working man - people who shower after work rather than before work...😀

Democracy. The protest was the highlight of the weekend for me. Felt so good to do something, anything. and then to hang out for a few hours with 500 people. I knew probably 20 that were there, before Saturday. Know a few more now but mostly just acquaintances. But it was community and it was real. Lawn mowing, gardening, golfing just weren't quite as cool or engaging. We chanted "This is what democracy looks like" and I believe it.. No masks, no combat fatigues, no zip ties, no angry words, no guns. You outta try it. And it continues on social media with vids from here and all over the country. Asheville had 5000. Boston, DC, SF, NYC, Columbus, Ann Arbor, Buffalo and 1300 other sites, millions more. Comments from everywhere. This is more grass roots than MAGA ever was and folks are very motivated. Democracy will perservere.

Hmmm, nobody paid me or anyone I knew there. Keep telling yourself that if it makes you feel better

Firstly, that’s blatantly unpatriotic of them. Secondly, they can sell to MAGA s for now. Those millions of protesters yesterday represent 50 times more like minded Americans.

You are definitely a socialist. Be proud and whine some more. Loser. Bessent implied this was to hurt China and therefore China tariffs will remain. So you might still be able to get a bargain on polyester slacks or plastic shoes. iPhones, home electronics and rare minerals not so much.

We’ll see. All of his spokesmen today said the tariffs are permanent or at least wouldn’t say they were not permanent. They need to be honest with the American people and our allies. This is the kind of bad faith business that reaped him multiple bankruptcies. I hope he does walk it back and everything works out fine. But I don’t think he smart enough to pull it off.

I saw many unexpected protesters yesterday, even "modern" republicans. Most were older and carried signs like "Hands off Social Security", "Hands off Medicare", "Hands off my 401K... Once inflation hits, I think we'll see more complaints from everyday maga's. Their perspective will change. Perhaps that will change trump's plan but I'm not hopeful.

MAGAs will be reminded every morning. Sadly, so will smart people. The number of cups of coffee Americans drink daily varies slightly depending on the source. According to some reports, Americans collectively consume about 400 million cups of coffee each day. However, a more recent report from the National Coffee Association indicates that this number has increased to approximately 517 million cups per day. This reflects a significant increase in coffee consumption over recent years. Guess what? You can’t grow coffee in any of the United States of America except Hawaii. And you can’t begin to grow enough coffee in Hawaii to meet even a small part of America’s daily demand. So you have import it from all around the world (Africa, South America, Central America, Asia). Right now, a cup of coffee or a can of coffee at the supermarket or a 5-pound bag from News Items’ favored roasting company, costs X. This week it will cost X plus 10%. At least. If the coffee comes from certain countries, it will cost X plus a lot more. Politically speaking, what the White House has managed to create here is a dailyreminder to every single coffee drinker in the United States of America that their cost of living has increased. Every day they will get this little memo: Your coffee used to cost $1.75. Now it costs $2.00. We’re sorry. Tough luck. Sincerely yours — the Trump administration. In the annals of political stupidity go, there are “own goals” and there are “own goals”. This one is epic.

I do. The wine shop in town is teetering. owner says most of her profit comes from French wine- great quality at a low wholesale price. She' going to give it a few weeks but she is distraught.

Ape face seems to get some advanced knowledge https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14575733/Marjorie-Taylor-Greene-stock-market-treasury-bills-donald-trump-tariffs.html there were many more people protesting against trump in my little town than Brits protesting in London. That's pathetic. Bunch of way outliers....

Anyone strange enough to name themselves after feline feces should be ignored. Strangely, the MAGAs love him. Go figure. 11 trillion came off the market in 2 days. put towards the deficit, the debt would now be $24 trillion. 1/3 of the debt was lost in the market due to trump. BRAV-f'in-O.

you don't like Billy Strings? Ever been to a show? Meet you at Red Rocks.

Dude, if Billy Strings was playing Roanoke, way less than 5% of the population would go see him and he's huge in these parts. As I said, this is a red area. some folks were likely put off by the possible slings and arrows. If 5% of the national population marches today, that's 15 million. good enough for me.

Gorgeous Virginia spring day for a protest. 500 people with signs in a town of 10,000. 5%!!! All kinds of folks. Average Joes and Janes, veterans, hippies, lawyers, doctors, professors, coal miners, gay, straight...you name it. I'd estimate 10 positive horn beeps for every middle finger or taunt and this is a deep red area. One dude in a jacked up pick up kept circling playing his stupid "Dukes of Hazzard" horn. There was a young women behind me that looked a bit like Daisy. So it evened out. Best poster: "Types of Ticks - Deer Tick, Mouse tick , Luna-tik with pictures of the insects and trump. my "obey the constitution" was very tame. It was a good time and somewhat reassuring.

don't believe a thing orange pig says. The opposite is generally true. from the CBC: During his speech, Trump also claimed Canada imposes a "250 to 300 per cent tariff on many of our dairy products. They do the first can of milk, the first carton of milk at a very low price but after that it gets bad." "Take a look at what happens down the road when you look a little bit, it's not a pretty picture," Trump added. "And it's not fair. It's not fair to our farmers, it's not fair to our country." His claim is not entirely true. Those high tariffs on U.S. dairy only apply if exports exceed set quotas. Below the quotas, the U.S. dairy products enter tariff-free because of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. US imports have never exceeded the quota so ZERO tariffs have been paid by US farmers on dairy products!!!

It was good for me. wasn't it good for you? never mind, I don't care Despite 2 abysmal days, the S&P is up 104% in the last 5 years. Doubling your money in 5 years is a pretty nice return.

the libertarians are pi$$ed. There used to be quite a few here (when NC was DR) but I think they went to the other board. they're clutching their copies of "Atlas Shrugged" nervously. But happy to have them on our side for the issue of tariffs.

So I'm going to a "Hands Off" march in about 20 minutes. I'm making a sign. Would "Obey the Constitution" pi$$ you off?

own the libs is the primary goal. seems likely you have no where to go but up financially. Unfortunately, in a recession, almost everyone does worse.