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General question: If my observation that "US consumers will be paying more, which is effectively the same thing as a decrease in their take-home pay" is correct, won't that eventually have the effect of reducing national consumption / purchasing / b…
"aren't the tariffs a form of a consumption based tax?"
@Old_Skeet- Sure reads that way to me. Which has had me wondering- what is the actual real intent of Trump's moves? Is he primarily trying to impose a new consumption tax on a long-term basis…
And a bit more from The Wall Street Journal, (subscription only):
"WASHINGTON—The Trump administration will impose tariffs on about $200 billion in Chinese goods as part of its campaign to pressure Beijing to change its commercial practices, it sai…
And here it is. Excerpts from coverage in The Washington Post:
"President Trump threw his biggest punch yet at China, imposing tariffs on an additional $200 billion worth of Chinese imports and gambling that American consumers are willing to pay mo…
Nobody is trying to "intimidate" you, @Ted. Just play by the rules that everyone else does and you can post whatever you want to.
By the way, if would you like me to post the PayPal receipts for my "deadbeat" donations this year, I'll be happy to. …
"If common sense could be purchased everyone would have it."
@VintageFreak- I'm not so sure on that. Seems to me some on a limited budget would opt for beer. :-P
@Old_Skeet- You are very welcome, sir, and I deeply appreciate the positive comments. Great that you got through this with minimum damage. Having spent some 25 years on the technical side of Public Safety I really appreciate seeing someone properly …
@Old_Skeet- OK, here we go. Things definitely looking a lot better.
This is update info [12:50 PDST 9/16/18] on the present status of Hurricane Florence.
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@Old_Skeet- Thanks much for the info. Super that your generator is back on line... sounds like you have the situation well under control. Will check out the weather graphics and update if there's a significant change.
Hang in there!
OJ
Candidly, the self-discipline with respect to link posting is actually quite good, except for the glaring exception of just ONE person. And that person has now taken to artificially and dishonestly "boosting" his links into the "Comments+" section, …
Also I'm really curious with respect to all of those "choice" properties that Manafort is supposed to be giving up. Does anyone really believe that he has a whole lot of personal equity in those places? More than likely they're all mortgaged to the …
Now, now. Wasn't the "Secret Service" (what exactly is so "secret" about it, anyway?) forced to rent an apartment at a usurious rate so as to maintain a presence when Trump visits home? Maybe they can use it and save a few taxpayer dollars.
@hank- Thanks much for your response. I was concerned that my storm data updates might have triggered your post, in addition to the dishonest tactics of @Ted.
The present MFO categorization scheme was engineered as a compromise after multiple cont…
@Old_Skeet- Thanks for the feedback, and I'm very glad that you're safe and snug. It's true that I'm not an electrician, but I do have many years as an electronics tech under my belt, including being responsible for emergency generator installations…
@Old_Skeet- Be real careful with that hot plate. Might be best to temporarily unplug the refrigerator when using the hot plate, as reefers require a much higher starting current than running current. If the reefer tries to start while also running t…
@hank- It's hopeless. @Ted directly posted that he would "bump any time he felt like it". The only way this will be controlled is by ongoing complaints to admin, and I am very reluctant to do that at this time because of the current important issues…
It took a pretty good hit (inadvertent pun) yesterday, but that thing is very volatile anyway, so who knows? Came back a little bit today. I bought 100 a couple of weeks ago- still well ahead, but am running with a stop order a few bucks below my en…
@Mark: Same here: Males 75 or less. I'm going on 80. Health folks say should be good for at least another 5 or 10. (Probably drooling on myself in some "rest home", though.)
Go figure...
Don't forget- our cohort's diets, nutrition, and medical car…
