Quick, alert the White House! They're on the verge of shoveling cash to farmers for an even less defensible reason than ameliorating poverty. They're doing it merely for political reasons, to ameliorate the political impact of Don's taco tariffs. So, not only do we get to pay higher commodity prices, we get to further subsidize farmers. Is there anyone naive enough to have not anticipated this boondoggle?
And of course, the source of the handouts to farmers is tariff revenue, which Don used to say was going to balance our budget. Then again, he's had a revolving set of rationales-with leverage for trade negotiations and birthing a manufacturing renaissance held up in addition to debt reduction.
Of course, the real reason for Don's taco tariffs is his never ending grift and corruption. It's one more way for Don to shake folks down. Hey Vietnam, wanna reduce your tariffs? How bout helpin a poor guy out with building a golf resort... He's had quite the parade of supplicants in recent weeks, hasn't he?
People like UBI because the benefit cliff in the LMC is like 100% marginal effective tax rate. Also spending money on schools and such shows just as little improvement.
Quick, alert the White House! They're on the verge of shoveling cash to farmers for an even less defensible reason than ameliorating poverty. They're doing it merely for political reasons, to ameliorate the political impact of Don's taco tariffs. So, not only do we get to pay higher commodity prices, we get to further subsidize farmers. Is there anyone naive enough to have not anticipated this boondoggle?
And of course, the source of the handouts to farmers is tariff revenue, which Don used to say was going to balance our budget. Then again, he's had a revolving set of rationales-with leverage for trade negotiations and birthing a manufacturing renaissance held up in addition to debt reduction.
Of course, the real reason for Don's taco tariffs is his never ending grift and corruption. It's one more way for Don to shake folks down. Hey Vietnam, wanna reduce your tariffs? How bout helpin a poor guy out with building a golf resort... He's had quite the parade of supplicants in recent weeks, hasn't he?
People like UBI because the benefit cliff in the LMC is like 100% marginal effective tax rate. Also spending money on schools and such shows just as little improvement.