The Real timschochet

I don’t think I’m smarter than anyone else. I think anyone should realize that these tariffs were stupid and unnecessary. It frustrates me greatly that some don’t get this. Is it because they feel instinctively the need to support anything Trump does or says? I’ve no idea. But I don’t get it.

You know @supermike80 despite what you think of me I kind of like you. I enjoy reading your posts and I think you’re generally a good dude. So let me explain that when it comes to tariffs I’m not parroting anything. Free trade is one of my core convictions, has been for about 35 years (since I read Ludwig Von Mises and Tibor Machan in college- they’re libertarian thinkers from the Austrian school of economics.) I don’t believe in tariffs to achieve another end or as an end to themselves. I think they’re always awful. So when someone imposes tariffs, be it Trump or Biden or whoever, I’m going to criticize them, and I’m going to predict bad things will happen because they ALWAYS DO. That’s my own thought, my own prediction. I’m not parroting the media; they’re parroting me (which is pretty rare.) It’s true that I do tend to trust the MSM more than you or most other people in this forum, but that’s a separate topic.

I thought that 90% of the folks here would disagree with me, and that you and a few others would call me a liar and hypocrite and narcissist. Isn’t that what always happens? But I also thought that, eventually, some worthwhile discussion might emerge, which makes it worthwhile. I appreciate @Mark Davis’s thoughtful contribution.

I was wrong to use that phrase even once. I apologize to anyone I offended. And I apologize for @Horseman’s ass as well.

I’m worried about the trends. If you’re not then you’re not. Why do you care enough to “lose it?”

The why post in it? Why read it? You guys always crack me up.

No he hasn’t. In fact nearly every day he has come up with a different justification: 1. Because the other countries tariffs are high. 2. To stop the flow of fentanyl. 3. To stop illegal immigration. 4. To replace income tax. 5. Because tariff is such a beautiful word. 6. As a punishment for this or that slight. I could go on and on. He has no coherent reason for any of this.

But look at it over 20 years and their projections for the next decade. India’s inflation over that time is extremely high and their tariffs have also been extremely high. It’s not a coincidence.

I m not a day trader and no, one drop doesn’t bother me. But the signs don’t look good. These tariffs are a bad thing, and they’re stupid and unnecessary. You’re a thoughtful poster and I respect that. Whatever @Strike thinks I’m not trying to fearmonger here. But I honestly believe that we’re headed for a sh!t show and I don’t understand why we’re doing this. It’s not too late for Trump to reverse himself but it’s going to take public pressure to convince him.

You’re clinging to a false hope here. I really don’t care what you think of me or my predictions, but if you truly believe that these tariffs already in place aren’t going to increase inflation and have a terribly adverse effect on the economy, you’re going to be very disappointed. Better embrace it now rather than later.

And BTW @Horseman’s ass: there no such person as an “illegal”. Doesn’t exist.

Well that was a pretty brilliant argument. Who wrote that? Oh gee I did. Must be smarter than I thought. (And it still doesn’t prove your point BTW).

I’d put it all on Kansas City! Oh I thought you said 50k…

What was the original title of my thread about Trump and Russia? I believe it was called “a time for optimism.” Because I wanted to believe good things were going to happen. Sadly it looks like I will be disappointed. Or how about my thread wishing Trump well when he was sworn in and hoping for the best, because he is my President and I always root for my country? I don’t need to prove anything to you. But if you truly believe what you wrote about me then you’re a bigger moron than I supposed and I supposed you were a pretty big one.

Just confirmed. It’s hard to decide what’s more embarrassing: this dude or Tulsi or Kennedy or Hegseth. This has got to be the most clownish cabinet in history.

You’re so twisted, it’s really pathetic. You think I want to country to suffer so that I can start new threads about it? What a deranged mind you have.

It is the fear of inflation that caused Walmart to issue dire warnings and caused the Dow to plunge. And yes we already have inflation based on the new tariffs on China and their retaliatory tariffs on us. And it’s only just beginning.

And you’re a pathetic sick liar. I absolutely do NOt want this to happen. If you could promise me no tariffs in exchange for 20 more years of Trump I would make that trade.

This has nothing to do with the topic of this thread.

Seriously? India has one of the highest inflation rates on the planet: https://www.statista.com/statistics/271322/inflation-rate-in-india/

FTR- I know you believe that transsexuals are mentally ill. Do you also believe that homosexuals are mentally ill? This post suggests that you do.

Again I don’t get it. I have friends and family that voted for Trump and I love them all as much as I ever did. So they screwed up? So what? I forgive them.

He isn’t. He misquoted me as usual. He has trouble with comprehension skills. I’m not in favor of undocumented immigrants getting free unlimited medical care, housing, and welfare. I don’t think it’s an issue because the vast majority of them aren’t looking for free stuff and wouldn’t know how to take advantage of it if they did. In any case, what I want doesn’t matter. We’re never going to have open immigration anyhow. If we could stop persecuting undocumented immigrants that would be enough for me.

Why not? You got 3 quotes wrong already why not go for more?

That was in jest sparky.