What's Next! On Wed, Feb 5, 2025, 11:08 AM John Clark <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 5, 2025 at 1:50 PM Alan Grayson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > *>> Just when I thought Trump's idea of taking over Canada Panama and >> Greenland couldn't get any stupider the man has proven me wrong, Trump now >> wants to send soldiers to Gaza so we can "own" it, and then deport all the >> Palestinians now living in Gaza to countries in which they don't want to go >> to and which will not accept them, and turn Gaza into a playground for the >> rich, make it the "Riviera of the Middle East"! Oh and I almost forgot, >> Trump is attempting to drive the thriving US economy into a ditch, which >> will certainly happen if he goes through with his brain dead dumb tariffs.* >> >> >> *> The underlying agenda for tariffs IMO is an attempt to find an >> alternate source of revenue for the government in order to terminate the >> income tax for a VAT tax. Then the corporate rate declines from 21% to 0%, >> a windfall for the super-weathy, much better for them than the proposed >> income tax of 15%, and a highly regressive VAT tax for the rest of us. AG* >> > > *You are undoubtedly right about that! Just last Sunday Trump tweeted > this: * > > *"Anybody that's against tariffs, including the Fake News Wall Street > Journal and hedge funds, is only against them because these people or > entities are controlled by China or other foreign or domestic companies. > Anybody that loves and believes in the United States of America is in favor > of tariffs. They should have never ended in favor of the income tax system > in 1913. The response to tariffs has been FANTASTIC!"* > > *Trump was mad because that notorious bastion of ultra liberal thought, > The Wall Street Journal, wrote that Trump's economic policy would result in > "the dumbest trade war in history"* > *John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis > <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* > 6c4 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv1oSNx_gA3LFauFvM2enY0b9Pvsnm4i9kmkV%3DtbiR4NNQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv1oSNx_gA3LFauFvM2enY0b9Pvsnm4i9kmkV%3DtbiR4NNQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAN3PQpE6sdWhRvCh_9ebZeQoQpYfkLDH3eVVCi5LXEAofeqT2g%40mail.gmail.com.
