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Blackvegetable » Yesterday, 8:44 pm » wrote: ↑

Yesterday, 8:44 pm

“I think it’s ‘Art of the Deal’ negotiation on his part, and it’s working,” echoed David Lavine, a Republican donor from Texas who recently wrote to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick with his concerns. 

The initial 32 percent tariff Trump announced on Taiwan was a nightmare for Lavine, who owns a manufacturing company there. “We can’t exist with 32,” Lavine said. If it took effect for several months, he might have to stop production.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... maga-base/

They're all about "the Medicine", as long as their suffering is socialized...

Wow- you really are scared of me. LOL

Another late-night Veghead special. You really do wait until I’m offline to post these, don’t you? It's like watching a raccoon tip over trash cans only after the porch light goes out.

 You quote a guy whose profits are on the line, use it to paint a whole policy as selfishness, then toss in a cryptic one-liner about "socialized suffering"—and somehow think that qualifies as analysis?

 So here’s the question—not that you’ll answer it, because we all know how allergic you are to responding:

If tariffs harm donors like Lavine but are still politically supported by the MAGA base, doesn’t that imply they’re voting based on ideology over personal financial interest? Isn’t that, you know, the opposite of socialized suffering?

 Anyway, I’ll be expecting dodge #69 shortly. Maybe even a bonus strike-through and a vague insult if you’re feeling poetic.