SaintsInDome2006

I understand. Trump hyper-double-reverse-triple-faked-Statue-of-Liberty'ed 180 nations on earth including some islands that have no humans on it, just so he could ramp up taxes on people buying Chinese products and so that we could sell less in China. Which we could have done in one move. I mean really if you want to hit yourself in the head with a hammer, that's one move, that's all it takes.

Hey you know what, you're right. My bad, the insurance industry on the Gulf Coast is fine. The weather is normal. Thanks for informing me.

You also just told me Trump failed the 1st time.

So… when Trump negotiated a trade deal with China in his 1st term, what was that?

My state - again a deep red state - has had like a dozen insurance companies go out of business. Florida is similar. I don’t think they’re extinguishing themselves to placate the woke.

I don’t even understand this part either. Trump himself renegotiated a trade deal with China in his first term. Now he hates it.

If you want a real world example look at Brexit. That's what tariffs mean for the US (or would've before Don's inevitable collapse).

Right, not the bouffant coiffed creamsicle octogenarian doing pirouettes in the Oval Office.

I laughed when I read the WSJ's ED Board's takedown of the whole thing. They have a hotline to the Oval.

That's why the market paused mid-morning. Inside baseball said Trump would capitulate. Thank god. The maga shoppers will still take the brunt on the China taxes though. And manufacturers who produce in China like Musk.

I do agree with her. It's USA Fencing which has created this situation. Basically it's equivalent to PED's and it's up to sports organizations to admit it creates an unfair competitive advantage and physically dangerous situation.

Actually I'm curious about this, given the current climate I don't think the GOP will be pushing for that as they had planned, but we'll see.

Exactly, they do. As do conservative led companies. They don't give a damn about political or online fear mongering.

Ha yeah. But it'll hit every product across the board. Cigars, brandy, champagne, nerf guns, shampoo, beans, power tools, tires, 2x4's, gas grills, shoes, whatever, wherever, we're all getting taxed. But the GOP is now the pro-tax party, because they've been told to be.

Tell you this much, price of coffee is up.

They’re almost entirely led by the most conservative people imaginable but even if they aren’t they wouldn’t let fake outrage get in the way of millions & survival. I’ll add this local story. this is a deep red, pro Trump parish (county) suing an oil company for damage done to the coastline. It’s true this has been going on for decades but they care now because the climate has changed. Republican officials, Republican judge, Republican jury.

Eh, doubt it. Oil is plummeting, which is more about transnational corporations expecting an economic downturn. Red state oil patch is going to get hurt. Only benefit is Putin is getting crushed.

Back to the rice farms they go They’re going to sell to our former clients & business partners.

My point is insurance corporations from Lloyds & AIG to State Farm & FLA Citizens are baking climate change into their premiums. They use sophisticated weather projection programs & they’re led by sone of the most conservative people imaginable.

Over the year. After a pandemic, & the market crashed in March 2020. At the end of Biden, every economic indicator was the best in the world. This is 1 week, and is solely caused by the whims & - I do mean whim, because every economic analysis views this policy as poison - and fiat of one person.

I definitely have increasing insurance costs. What happens is an issue is raised, the response is “I’m fine, you must suck at life.” But politics isn’t about one person. This is a lot like the FF Board & FF in general, no one cares about your roster.

It’s an important point - Trump’s ad valorum taxes aka tariffs aren’t “reciprocal.” They’re invented from thin air.

I live in Louisiana, I’m not a liberal, and it’s reality. You asked, I’m telling you insurance companies have baked worsening, more frequent storms of all types into their pricing formulas. I’m well in control, just living in reality.

More storms, bigger storms, higher costs. If you want to say the climate isn’t changed, I agree, fine. The insurance companies disagree.