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RE: Trump Administration - Rice93 - 06-02-2019 10:05 AM (06-01-2019 09:22 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:(06-01-2019 08:19 PM)Rice93 Wrote:(06-01-2019 07:09 PM)Hambone10 Wrote: Does the stock market get him re-elected, or jobs? Does a tariff on China and Mexico hurt jobs here? It might even increase if he wins again because they will have lost their best chance to get Trump out of office. Not that I agree with that approach. What do you think the right would do if the shoe were on the other foot? RE: Trump Administration - OptimisticOwl - 06-02-2019 10:52 AM (06-02-2019 10:05 AM)Rice93 Wrote:(06-01-2019 09:22 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:(06-01-2019 08:19 PM)Rice93 Wrote:(06-01-2019 07:09 PM)Hambone10 Wrote: Does the stock market get him re-elected, or jobs? Does a tariff on China and Mexico hurt jobs here? I think they would give up the futile endeavor and turn their attention to something useful. I think getting Trump out of office through investigations has passed its time. I think the impetus now is to get Trump out of office by damaging his standing with voters with innuendo and opposition*. If that fails in 2020, they may continue the witch hunt for a couple of years, trying to gain seats in 2022 as in 2018, but after that, I think maybe they will give it up. * innuendo, as in "What is Trump hiding? We need to see his tax returns to find out." Opposition, as in The Resistance. RE: Trump Administration - tanqtonic - 06-02-2019 11:57 AM (06-02-2019 10:01 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote: The tariffs are a dumb way to go. Tariffs sound great as talking points, but they almost inevitably do more harm than good. I am not unconvinced that the tariffs with regard to China are the proper avenue. The Chinese government simply has a much different view of the proper interaction between private and government --- I have experienced first hand how that works, and am not necessarily opposed to tariffs as a means to get their government elbows and needs off the scale. I am not convinced that the tariffs with regard to Mexico are at all the proper avenue, though. RE: Trump Administration - flash3200 - 06-02-2019 12:14 PM I find the whole tariff thing to be quite humorous. First of all, I would expect the SJW and Enviro-whacko crowd to fully support some sort of wage & environmental arbitrage tariffs. These people are pro-human rights (supposedly) and pro-environment (supposedly), so one would expect that goods that are marketed in the United States are held to some minimum standard regarding the labor & environmental conditions under which the product was produced. Instead, what has happened is that entire industries (like semi-conductor manufacturing) have been off-shored to Asia where there are zero controls on anything. Whatever whiff of conscience we had a decade ago concerning deplorable manufacturing conditions overseas (queue up the soccer ball sweatshop stores on 60 minutes) has completely disappeared as we care not that China is the leading humans rights abuser, leading emitter of CO2, and leading dumper of plastic in the oceans. How do you combat such atrocities on people and the environment? Through tariffs of course. To the extent your country does not adhere to EPA laws or our myriad of employment laws, then we slap a tariff on the goods depending on the severity of abuses. Instead, we have done nothing and just exported bad corporate behavior over seas while we have reaped the benefits of disregarding human decency and respect for the environment via higher corporate profits and a stawk market at at times highs. The fact that free trade has helped the global economy is partly a myth. Offshoring entire segments of the American economy over the last 40 years had massive benefits which allowed multinational companies to send their manufacturing to the lowest common denominator with respect to labor costs and environmental costs. The stateside CO2 regulations that have been passed have literally zero point zero impact on anything since China will never acquiesce to carbon controls much less any other suggestion that they improve any segment of their putrid environment. Obviously, no one knows Trumps rationale for tariffs. They appear to just be some random idea floating in his head. But I would expect at least on some level for people to see benefits of tariffs, not just poopoo them because orange man bad. RE: Trump Administration - tanqtonic - 06-02-2019 04:04 PM (06-01-2019 07:40 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:(05-30-2019 11:42 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:(05-30-2019 10:48 AM)Rice93 Wrote:(05-30-2019 10:38 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:I tend to agree with you that this is not much of a story. The actual email from somebody in the Navy has been making the rounds. In my quick scan I believe it said something like "keep the McCain out of sight". I would imagine that it involved lower-level people as you have postulated.(05-30-2019 10:11 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote: No, the key here is "White House official.""White House official" is a nebulous term that could be used to describe literally hundreds if not thousands of people, most of them lower level lackeys. The fact the this "official" was talking with a lower-level Navy person is a dead giveaway that it was one of the lower level lackeys. SecDef and anyone close to him aren't interested in talking to LTJG Jones, and LTJG Jones's commanding officer is damned determined that no such conversation take place. That's just not how it works. Could the question have been raised as one of about a thousand details that advance teams go over? Absolutely. For one thing, with repair crews crawling all over it, the McCain is probably pretty damned unsightly. I'm finding this kerfluffle fairly confusing and perhaps a tad amusing..... let's clarify something, shall we? This *is* the same John McCain the media ass-raped in 2008, right? RE: Trump Administration - RiceLad15 - 06-02-2019 04:30 PM (06-01-2019 09:22 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:(06-01-2019 08:19 PM)Rice93 Wrote:(06-01-2019 07:09 PM)Hambone10 Wrote: Does the stock market get him re-elected, or jobs? Does a tariff on China and Mexico hurt jobs here? I always go back and forth about how I feel when I hear people say that they are going to vote based on what is going to be better for them, as opposed for society as a whole. RE: Trump Administration - RiceLad15 - 06-02-2019 04:31 PM (06-02-2019 04:04 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:(06-01-2019 07:40 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:(05-30-2019 11:42 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:(05-30-2019 10:48 AM)Rice93 Wrote:(05-30-2019 10:38 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote: "White House official" is a nebulous term that could be used to describe literally hundreds if not thousands of people, most of them lower level lackeys. The fact the this "official" was talking with a lower-level Navy person is a dead giveaway that it was one of the lower level lackeys. SecDef and anyone close to him aren't interested in talking to LTJG Jones, and LTJG Jones's commanding officer is damned determined that no such conversation take place. That's just not how it works. Could the question have been raised as one of about a thousand details that advance teams go over? Absolutely. For one thing, with repair crews crawling all over it, the McCain is probably pretty damned unsightly.I tend to agree with you that this is not much of a story. The actual email from somebody in the Navy has been making the rounds. In my quick scan I believe it said something like "keep the McCain out of sight". I would imagine that it involved lower-level people as you have postulated. That’s the maverick! RE: Trump Administration - Rice93 - 06-02-2019 05:13 PM (06-02-2019 04:04 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:(06-01-2019 07:40 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:(05-30-2019 11:42 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:(05-30-2019 10:48 AM)Rice93 Wrote:(05-30-2019 10:38 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote: "White House official" is a nebulous term that could be used to describe literally hundreds if not thousands of people, most of them lower level lackeys. The fact the this "official" was talking with a lower-level Navy person is a dead giveaway that it was one of the lower level lackeys. SecDef and anyone close to him aren't interested in talking to LTJG Jones, and LTJG Jones's commanding officer is damned determined that no such conversation take place. That's just not how it works. Could the question have been raised as one of about a thousand details that advance teams go over? Absolutely. For one thing, with repair crews crawling all over it, the McCain is probably pretty damned unsightly.I tend to agree with you that this is not much of a story. The actual email from somebody in the Navy has been making the rounds. In my quick scan I believe it said something like "keep the McCain out of sight". I would imagine that it involved lower-level people as you have postulated. How is the media’s coverage of McCain in 2008 relevant to this current story? RE: Trump Administration - tanqtonic - 06-02-2019 06:22 PM (06-02-2019 05:13 PM)Rice93 Wrote:(06-02-2019 04:04 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:(06-01-2019 07:40 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:(05-30-2019 11:42 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:(05-30-2019 10:48 AM)Rice93 Wrote: I tend to agree with you that this is not much of a story. The actual email from somebody in the Navy has been making the rounds. In my quick scan I believe it said something like "keep the McCain out of sight". I would imagine that it involved lower-level people as you have postulated. The rampant hypocrisy between the characterization of McCain in 2008 (i.e. the media ass-rape) and the near semi-deity status he now enjoys because he was an orange man foil. As an idea I noted somewhere else: Hell, I’m waiting to see a huge Twitter war between Trump and David Duke, just so I can read The NY Times tell us what a great guy David Duke is. RE: Trump Administration - georgewebb - 06-03-2019 10:53 AM (06-02-2019 04:30 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:(06-01-2019 09:22 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:(06-01-2019 08:19 PM)Rice93 Wrote:(06-01-2019 07:09 PM)Hambone10 Wrote: Does the stock market get him re-elected, or jobs? Does a tariff on China and Mexico hurt jobs here? The smaller the role of government, the more likely those are to align. Which candidates (if any) are most likely to reduce the role of government as a dispenser of rents? RE: Trump Administration - OptimisticOwl - 06-03-2019 11:05 AM (06-03-2019 10:53 AM)georgewebb Wrote:(06-02-2019 04:30 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:(06-01-2019 09:22 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:(06-01-2019 08:19 PM)Rice93 Wrote:(06-01-2019 07:09 PM)Hambone10 Wrote: Does the stock market get him re-elected, or jobs? Does a tariff on China and Mexico hurt jobs here? Hard to believe there are some who think more employment, more take home pay, and the return of jobs from overseas is bad for the country as a whole. On second thought, no it isn't hard to believe. Some people will oppose/support anything if it appears to help their side politically. That;s why I think Democratic leadership would be overjoyed to have an economic downturn before November 2020. RE: Trump Administration - RiceLad15 - 06-03-2019 11:05 AM (06-03-2019 10:53 AM)georgewebb Wrote:(06-02-2019 04:30 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:(06-01-2019 09:22 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:(06-01-2019 08:19 PM)Rice93 Wrote:(06-01-2019 07:09 PM)Hambone10 Wrote: Does the stock market get him re-elected, or jobs? Does a tariff on China and Mexico hurt jobs here? To an extent, right? At a minimum, government plays a very important role in maintaining and strengthening society through infrastructure and safety services. I do not see a world of private roads and first responder services as being a better one. So if we got to a point where government's role was moot, I don't think society and a person's self-interest would be aligned at all. RE: Trump Administration - georgewebb - 06-03-2019 11:47 AM (06-03-2019 11:05 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:(06-03-2019 10:53 AM)georgewebb Wrote:(06-02-2019 04:30 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:(06-01-2019 09:22 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:(06-01-2019 08:19 PM)Rice93 Wrote: Certainly the stock market plays a large part in getting him re-elected. And the tariffs are definitely hurting the market. Jobs play a part as well but the market is a big deal when it comes to re-election. Well sure, and ordinary physics does not apply to the primordial singularity of the Big Bang. But in the world we actually live in, the proposition that you bolded is at least as sound as Newton's Laws of Motion. Equating caution about the role of government with lack of government seems at least as disingenuous as the much-derided labeling of redistributionist/collectivist ideas as "socialist" -- especially since the proponents of the latter are themselves calling it socialist. RE: Trump Administration - Owl 69/70/75 - 06-03-2019 01:31 PM (06-03-2019 11:47 AM)georgewebb Wrote:(06-03-2019 11:05 AM)RiceLad15 Wrote:Well sure, and ordinary physics does not apply to the primordial singularity of the Big Bang. But in the world we actually live in, the proposition that you bolded is at least as sound as Newton's Laws of Motion.(06-03-2019 10:53 AM)georgewebb Wrote: The smaller the role of government, the more likely those are to align.To an extent, right? At a minimum, government plays a very important role in maintaining and strengthening society through infrastructure and safety services. I do not see a world of private roads and first responder services as being a better one. I don't think anybody but a pure anarchist would argue against government providing basic infrastructure and public safety. And there are plenty on non-socialist governments which provide such things. The choice is not socialism versus anarchy. It's socialism versus free market capitalism in a democratic republic. Milton Friedman has an excellent discussion of the proper role of government in a free market, capitalist, democratic republic, in CAPITALISM AND FREEDOM. I've posted it in its entirety here, you can use the search feature to find it if you are not familiar, but it's too long to post again. Or here is a link: https://csnbbs.com/thread-694681.html RE: Trump Administration - ausowl - 06-03-2019 04:00 PM (06-03-2019 10:53 AM)georgewebb Wrote:(06-02-2019 04:30 PM)RiceLad15 Wrote:(06-01-2019 09:22 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:(06-01-2019 08:19 PM)Rice93 Wrote:(06-01-2019 07:09 PM)Hambone10 Wrote: Does the stock market get him re-elected, or jobs? Does a tariff on China and Mexico hurt jobs here? A variation on your question: Which are the least likely to expand the role of government as a dispenser of rents: In the R primary - Bill Weld In the D primary - John Hickenlooper and Amy Klobuchar. RE: Trump Administration - tanqtonic - 06-04-2019 08:52 AM Unfortunately this isnt the Babylon Bee: Apparently the House will vote for holding Barr in contempt for not violating federal law protecting grand jury information. One really should hold their breath when reading the above..... Cant wait to see how many other actions that do not violate a law will be prosecuted. This is like a really bad 'Roseanne' script.... RE: Trump Administration - OptimisticOwl - 06-04-2019 08:15 PM Steele to testify "In UK court filings, Steele has admitted that he was hired to produce a dossier that his client could use to challenge the results of the 2016 presidential election. According to State Department documents declassified through a Freedom of Information Act request, Steele told State Department official Kathleen Kavalec that his client was eager to see the dossier become public before the 2016 election." RE: Trump Administration - Rice93 - 06-04-2019 08:30 PM (06-04-2019 08:15 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote: Steele to testify I'm glad. I want to see this put to rest one way or another. RE: Trump Administration - OptimisticOwl - 06-04-2019 09:44 PM (06-04-2019 08:30 PM)Rice93 Wrote:(06-04-2019 08:15 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote: Steele to testify I wonder who his "client" is in the above statement. RE: Trump Administration - Owl 69/70/75 - 06-05-2019 06:32 AM (06-04-2019 08:30 PM)Rice93 Wrote:(06-04-2019 08:15 PM)OptimisticOwl Wrote: Steele to testifyI'm glad. I want to see this put to rest one way or another. Do you really think this will put it to rest? It may be a step on the way, but there a couple of things in the article that I find concerning. "Steele agreed to speak to the inspector general after learning that the soon-to-be-released OIG report is critical of him and his credibility." and "Steele has limited the scope of the questioning to his work for the FBI." My guess is that this will raise more questions that it will answer. I hope the FBI sends its very best to conduct the interview. |