Peter Schiff is a Libertarian an economics background. I don't agree with him on everything, (obviously as a JFK Liberal) but he's damn right about the President's tariffs and who pays for them:
"And that's why our treasuries — see, Trump doesn't understand who pays the tariffs. He thinks it's external revenue. The reason we have an income tax is because the government made a deal with the middle class by saying, if you allow the income tax and you let us amend the Constitution, we will eliminate the tariffs that are paid for by the middle class and the poor, and we will replace tariffs with an income tax that will be paid exclusively by the rich. So tariffs are a direct — are an indirect tax, but they're paid for by the middle class and the poor. China doesn't pay our tariffs. Canada and Mexico don't pay our tariffs. Americans, hard working middle class Americans pay 100% of those tariffs."
From what I wrote about Donald Trump's voters back in February:
"I'm going to be the prick here and lay in to the people who voted for Donald J. Trump for President and are now having to live with that the very consequential decision. And what do I mean by that? I'm the guy who says to other people:
"We warned you. You voted for Donald Trump anyway. We did our homework about the 2024 presidential election. You obviously didn't... or are on some national or political suicide mission and have some death wish that Donald J. Trump can deliver for you."
Kyle Kulinski literally said in his video when talking about the 2024 presidential election: "Not trying to be an asshole. But we warned everybody. We warned everybody...
But if you look at the urban dictionary of asshole: "A person who is intentionally cruel, obnoxious and heartless. Assholes are most often male. A female who follows these traits is referred to as a bitch."
At least with a prick, that person is going to let you know what's wrong with you, what's not working, and that's probably all they'll do for you. So I and the rest of The New Democrat weren't being pricks in 2023-24, when we were putting out all that information about why Donald J. Trump shouldn't even be eligible for a tour of The White House, (even if he paid for it with his own money) let alone ever be anywhere close to winning his party's nomination for President again. We, along with almost the entire Democratic Party, not just the leadership, we're making it very clear why Donald J. Trump has no business ever being President of the United States again.
But we have a lot of voters who are simply too dumb, too lazy, or simply don't give a damn about their own future's, or the future of the country, or were on a national or political suicide mission, to pay attention to the presidential election and current affairs in this country...
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I can't feel sorry for people who shoot themselves in the foot... even after they were not just warned not to do that, but even advised to put the gun down before anyone could get hurt, including themselves. And if you want to call me an asshole, or coldhearted, or whatever, for feeling that way... you have a right to be wrong about me and anyone, as well as everything else.
Did Donald Trump's voters expect him to crash the economy and send it into retraction for the first time since 2022, perhaps not. But when someone tries to jump a car over a lake and ends up crashing the car in the lake instead, because they misjudged how much horsepower the car had and far big the lake was, etc: who's fault is that? It can't be the people who said: "Don't do it. You'll never make it".
And Democrats, as well as even Conservative Republicans, (you know, the real Republicans) warned American voters, really since 2019-20, when he decided to run for reelection and of course after the attempted insurrection of 21, or, go back to 2015-16 when DJT really just looked like nothing more than a "reality TV star" and almost no one was even taking him seriously, and of course the 2024 campaign itself... that Donald Trump is not just completely unqualified to be President of the United States, but doesn't even have the moral character for that office. And his policies, especially economic policies might even be worst... and 80 million people voted for him anyway. Including people in Appalachia and North Carolina, who didn't get their disaster relief for those winter floods this year, because the President cut them off, but who voted for him in 24.
Whatever you think of Donald J. Trump, he's doing what he said he would do when he ran for President of the first place. He's not delivering on his campaign promises as far creating a great economy and lowering the cost of living. But his nationalist, protectionist, economic policy is now in place and the economic contracted during the 1st quarter. He said he would use government force to go after people to tried to oppose him, even if they're just doing their jobs and that's what he's doing as well.
I hate to break it to uneducated American voters, (and perhaps I'm sounding like an asshole now) but the presidential election in America, really isn't a popularity contest. Or, it sure as hell shouldn't be. That office has so much power and can do so much bad and good from 1 office, that you really, at the very least have to have the most qualified and the best person running for that office, win that election. Otherwise, you are putting not just the economy, but the future of the country at risk, when the wrong person wins the election.
And voting for President because you think that person is "cool", or because they speak their mind, they act like a "reality TV star", or a "rockstar", or "badass", (whoever your pop culture idol is) is not the way educated voters vote. Because they love their country too much and don't want to run by a professional entertainer, who is only looking out for themselves and doesn't care about anything or anyone else.
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