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BSdetect

(9,048 posts) Mon Jan 23, 2017, 12:37 PM Jan 2017

drumph starts a trade war?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/23/us/politics/tpp-trump-trade-nafta.html?_r=0

I don't know how stoopid he really is. Apparently more than I can imagine.

Will the GOP let him impose tarfiffs on Mexico etc?

Despite actual facts re existing taxes that drumph simply ignores?

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drumph starts a trade war? (Original Post) BSdetect Jan 2017 OP

The goal would be to turn us into a 3rd world nation. Eliot Rosewater Jan 2017 #1

about 47% of our country is already third world in mentality nt geek tragedy Jan 2017 #2

Eliot Rosewater

(34,282 posts)

1. The goal would be to turn us into a 3rd world nation.

Reply to BSdetect (Original post)

Mon Jan 23, 2017, 12:40 PM

Jan 2017

Have the average income here be around $4 an hour, no benefits, no health insurance other than for the rich.

$4 an hour is a lot compared to many places, so it may not be that high, we will see.

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

2. about 47% of our country is already third world in mentality nt

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 23, 2017, 12:41 PM

Jan 2017

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