since against ALL of his advisors advice, trump unilaterally decided to impose trade tariffs against the countries that USED TO BE our allies,and plunge our country into a trade war with them,the price of LOTS of the stuff that we use on an everyday basis have increased exponentially,while the items that we have been selling to other countries have not been selling nearly as well as they used to.
new cars are not costing us THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS MORE to buy!!
washers and dryers are now costing us HUNDREDS of dollars more to buy!
even COKES are now costing us MORE money to buy,since trump decided to start a trade war with he rest of the world.
the profits for other goods that we have formerly been selling on the world market have also been bringing SIGNIFICANTLY LESS,as well!
soybeans,which HAD BEEN bringing an all time high before trumps tariffs went into effect have plunged from $10 per bushel all the way down to BELOW $8 per bushel...over a 20% drop in the profits that our farmers HAD BEEN making off of their crops.
as a result of this enormous loss,the dept of agriculture dusted off a depression era rule,and had to give the farmers a $12 BILLION dollar band aid,to help offset the farmers losses,which the American taxpayers are going to have to pay for,NOT TO MENTION the fact that all of those farmers who are losing such a huge part of their income will ALSO not be paying taxes to the government on that income that they are no longer making,which will mean that THE REST OF US are going to have to make up THAT money as well in our own taxes,while our own infrastructure crumbles down around us.
so,not only did Donald trump break his promises to all of he farmers who he SWORE to that he was going to support,and make their lives so much better in order to convince them to give him their vote,he is also trying to plunge our economy into another recession,just so he can try to distract people from the fact that Robert Mueller is closing the noose around his neck,and he is continuously making a fool out of himself every time he turns around,and can try to pretend that he is not the buffoon that the rest of the world sees him as.
[and sees US as,for actually electing him as 'president'!!!]
Edited by
shovelheaddave
on Thu 07/26/18 04:14 PM