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02.08.2025 14:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@lonessmith.bsky.social
Punster, math aficionado & economic theory spin maestro. I do game theory and information economics.
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02.08.2025 14:47 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yes, they are illegal.
There is no such thing as a "socialist tax". But Trump's disdain of the market is far closer to whatever we call socialism than it is to conservativism.
Tariffs are taxes meant to distort the market and micro manage decisions. That is a traditional socialist idea
01.08.2025 22:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The economic damage of Trump's socialist tariff war: the loss of about 200,000 jobs just in the last quarter alone (below trend).
01.08.2025 21:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The economic damage of Trump's socialist tariff war: the loss of about 200,000 jobs just in the last quarter alone (below trend).
01.08.2025 21:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The economic damage of Trump's socialist tariff war: the loss of about 200,000 jobs just in the last quarter alone (below trend).
01.08.2025 21:15 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 1The economic damage of Trump's socialist tariff war: the loss of about 200,000 jobs just in the last quarter alone (below trend).
01.08.2025 21:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The economic damage of Trump's socialist tariff war: the loss of about 200,000 jobs just in the last quarter alone (below trend).
01.08.2025 21:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The economic damage of Trump's socialist tariff war, with average tariff rate up from 3% to Great Depression levels 20%
β 0.9% lower growth rate
β $1,000 per household per year lost
β $150B nationally so far
This will be compounded into the future so the cost will exceed 1 trillion $
The economic damage of Trump's socialist tariff war, with average tariff rate up from 3% to Great Depression levels 20%
β 0.9% lower growth rate
β $1,000 per household per year lost
β $150B nationally so far
This will be compounded into the future so the cost will exceed 1 trillion $
The economic damage of Trump's socialist tariff war: the loss of about 200,000 jobs just in the last quarter alone (below trend).
01.08.2025 21:12 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0The economic damage of Trump's socialist tariff war: the loss of about 200,000 jobs just in the last quarter alone (below trend).
01.08.2025 21:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The economic damage of Trump's socialist tariff war, with average tariff rate up from 3% to 20%, the highest since the Great Depression. The cost in has been a 0.9% lower growth rate, or $1,000 per household per year lost, or $150B nationally so far -- and will be compounded for a tremendous loss.
01.08.2025 21:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Suddenly disgusting lowlifes are being shunned. What's the world come to?
01.08.2025 01:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It is still a legal force against freedom of the press.
Thatβs not allowed by the first amendment, but it was imposed by the Trumpβs man
I see your point, but the words I quoted are from FCC head Brendan Carr
Concern is by the FCC commissioner Anna Gomez:
x.com/AGomezFCC/st...
See also:
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
I see your point, but the words I quoted are from FCC head Brendan Carr
Concern is by the FCC commissioner Anna Gomez:
x.com/AGomezFCC/st...
See also:
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
He was NOT dead center.
But Democrats only secure a strong win if they move to the dead center.
That was the recipe of Biden in 2020, Obama, Clinton, and Carter.
The Skydance-Paramount merger agrees to end the First Amendment at CBS.
The FCC commissioner Brendan Carr said: βSo basically a bias monitor that will report directly to the President.
This is a truly sick and scary Putin moment for America.
Will he support this at Fox under a Blue President?
The Skydance-Paramount merger agrees to end the First Amendment at CBS.
The FCC commissioner Brendan Carr said: βSo basically a bias monitor that will report directly to the President.
This is a truly sick and scary Putin moment for America.
Will he support this at Fox under a Blue President?
Russell Vought claimed on CNN this weekend that NIH funding is corrupt. A reminder, his family has directly benefited from the NIH.
28.07.2025 18:34 β π 5785 π 2489 π¬ 428 π 180βHitler acknowledged that, as chancellor, he did not have the legal power to remove Luther as central banker. But, he told Luther bluntly, as the new βbossβ of the country, he had access to considerable alternative sources of power that he would not hesitate to employ βruthlesslyβ ...
27.07.2025 01:27 β π 1250 π 391 π¬ 38 π 20Tonight dissolving into a despotic rage -- determined to nail America's worst president ever so stunningly that no one ever steals the title from him.
27.07.2025 02:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Tonight dissolving into a despotic rage -- determined to nail America's worst president ever so stunningly that no one ever steals the title from him.
27.07.2025 02:14 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Tonight dissolving into a despotic rage -- determined to nail America's worst president ever so stunningly that no one ever steals the title from him.
27.07.2025 02:13 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Tonight dissolving into a despotic rage -- determined to nail America's worst president ever so stunningly that no one ever steals the title from him.
27.07.2025 02:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Tonight dissolving into a despotic rage -- determined to nail America's worst president ever so stunningly that no one ever steals the title from him.
27.07.2025 02:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Now dissolving into a despotic rage -- determined to nail America's worst president ever so cleanly no one ever steals the title from him.
27.07.2025 02:10 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 5 π 0eye opening esp, with a stunner in the last 5 minutes!!!
youtu.be/Ihy9MssWEkQ?...
eye opening esp, with a stunner in the last 5 minutes!!!
youtu.be/Ihy9MssWEkQ?...