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January 15th, 2025 - 8:02 pm § in Donald Trump, Economics

Trump’s tariffs will make beer cans cost more

If Trump imposes sweeping tariffs on Canada, the beer cans that spring breakers discard on beaches (photo below) will cost more. The U.S. gets about half its aluminum supply from recycling (details here). Two-thirds of the other half is imported, mostly from Canada (see story here). I haven’t [...]

January 6th, 2025 - 4:46 pm § in Donald Trump, Foreign Affairs, Politics

Trump’s Canada nonsense

Trump has to be taken seriously because he’s about to reoccupy the world’s most powerful office. But fundamentally, he’s a crackpot. Canadian prime minister Trudeau resigned on Monday, January 6, 2025 — the same day Congress certified Trump’s re-election (with no drama,[...]

December 13th, 2024 - 12:37 am § in Business, Donald Trump, Politics, Republicans

So you thought Trump was a populist?

If you voted for Trump thinking he’ll do more for the little people than Democrats have, you’re in for a rude awakening. You’ve been scammed. He’s filling his cabinet and administration with billionaires. He’s “dining with industry lobbyists and promising regulat[...]

November 26th, 2024 - 2:56 am § in Donald Trump, Economics

Are you ready for the Trump economy? (video)

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June 16th, 2024 - 9:17 pm § in Donald Trump, Economics

Who pays tariffs?

Consumers do. In his first campaign, Trump claimed China would pay his tariffs. That’s false. The U.S. can’t make China pay taxes. All it can do is make Americans pay taxes on Chinese goods. Tariffs are imposed at the U.S. border when goods come into the country. They become part of the [...]

April 9th, 2018 - 3:13 pm § in Donald Trump

No tariffs on Ivanka’s made-in-China wares

She gets a special exemption. You didn’t really think Trump would tax his own daughter, did you? Of course not! What kind of father would he be, if he did that? ?Read story here. Photo: No tariff on this! Kinda unfair to Ivanka’s competitors, but what the heck, power has its perks.  [...]

March 4th, 2018 - 12:18 pm § in Donald Trump

About those steel and aluminum tariffs …

Stocks dropped last week after Trump announced his intention to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. He didn’t base this action on economic arguments, but on national security, which makes sense. If we depend on Santa’s Workshop for steel needed for defense, and get into a confl[...]