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  1. nsacpi

    Second ('Third') Trump Presidency Thread

    i understand the diplomatic sensitivities we should make a deal with el salvador they send us Abrego back in exchange for actual for real gang members to be named later maybe a five for one swap if necessary we can cough up some dough too (from the DOGE savings) to grease the way i'm...
  2. nsacpi

    Second ('Third') Trump Presidency Thread

    except he's not.. he came here at age 16 an administrative judge found that he was at risk from gang violence...a gang was trying to extort money from his mother's pupusa shop...the family had to move 3 times...the gang tried to recruit his older brother who also fled the country...then they...
  3. nsacpi

    Economics Thread

    heads i win tails you lose
  4. nsacpi

    Economics Thread

    Is there a way to assess whether the conventional view is correct or "crushed"?
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    Economics Thread

    I'm curious which parts of the standard viewpoint are wrong. And the standard view is prices will be higher. As a bonus, I think growth will be lower due to the on-again-off-again way of rolling it out and not providing sufficient time for supply chains to be reconfigured. But since we don't...
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    Third (Fourth?) Trump Presidency

    indeed
  7. nsacpi

    Economics Thread

    Yeah. That shift has raised some doubts in my mind about his intellectual honesty.
  8. nsacpi

    Economics Thread

    I agree with this. He's been very consistent about his faith in tariffs. No one should be surprised. Otoh there is a strong element of the blind leading the blind in all this. Unfortunately, that be a cliff that the blind man is leading the country over.
  9. nsacpi

    Economics Thread

    His followers have no doubts.
  10. nsacpi

    Second ('Third') Trump Presidency Thread

    Gary Cooper sez eh
  11. nsacpi

    Economics Thread

    Eh she bought it last week and is getting it Sunday.
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    Elon

    Plus I think all presidents operate better on some R&R. It is an expense I'm happy to bear as a taxpayer.
  13. nsacpi

    Economics Thread

    One of my faculty friends got her Lexus on my advice. She promised to let me drive it on Sunday. Imports have boomed the last couple months in anticipation of the tariffs.
  14. nsacpi

    Economics Thread

    I have to say the people who are surprised at what Trump is doing and have changed their views about what to expect are idiots. A blind man could have seen what was coming from a mile away on a foggy evening. Corollary 1: Those idiots deserve every bit of what they are about to get...
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    DOGE

    I welcome any attention DOGE chooses to give to the issue of conflicts of interest within government.
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    Elon

    Yup. If they actually reduce the deficit by a significant amount, I'm willing to put up with a fair amount of silliness.
  17. nsacpi

    Economics Thread

    See sturg's response. You are using the word strategy in an idiosyncratic manner.
  18. nsacpi

    Second ('Third') Trump Presidency Thread

    I do. Gas prices are down from a year ago and up from a month ago. But thanks for the headsup!!
  19. nsacpi

    Second ('Third') Trump Presidency Thread

    https://gasprices.aaa.com/?redirectto=/fuelgaugereport.opisnet.com/index.asp
  20. nsacpi

    Second ('Third') Trump Presidency Thread

    don't worry tap and da wife rely on their own research...you don't have to tell them anything
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