Who REALLY Pays The Tariff Crap?

 I've watched fifty-odd interviews where economists and journalist want to explain the Trump tariff, and how YOU, the consumer, pay it.

So....lets examine two facts.

First, any product made in Europe....comes to the US to be bought, will have the tariff, and you the consumer will pay the tariff.

Second, what exactly are you lined up to buy....made in Europe?

Agriculture stuff?  No....most of that is US or Mexican produced.

Wine?  To be honest, if you counted on both hands.....you probably only know two people who regularly drink French or Italian wine.  If I asked how wealthy they were....you'd grin and admit that they live 'high-on-the-hog' and can afford a tariff.

Cars?  If you know someone in the US with a Porsche, Mercedes, Audi or BMW....you will admit they also live 'high-on-the-hog'....as a doctor, banker, or engineer.  They can afford to pay an extra $7,000 on the tariff.

As you go down the list....after 10 minutes....you readily admit that you just don't buy anything much made in Europe.  You know some wealthy folks who do....but they can afford an extra $15,000 a year buying this stuff.

Does the financial dimwit on CNN mention this?  No.

I would be worried if I were buying German or Dutch stuff....but in a US-landscape....I won't be doing that.  

The same being true for a German buying US stuff?  Yeah, that's the amusing part of the story.    I might see a reason to buy US whiskey, but that's the max I might go.

So all of this BS?  Yeah, if you think about.....the ultra rich will pay the bulk of the tariff crap.  

How This 'Russia-Gate' Hoax Of 2016 Came To Be?

 Basically.....one small group (probably a step or two below Hillary) suggested some massive fake rumor, and to connect the evil-Trump to the Kremlin.  

This group briefed the idea....got some cash-flow to pay someone to officially create a intelligence assessment (fictional material), and as it flowed around at each level...it got BIGGER.

Eventually, with the election over...Trump won...the Obama crew picked up the same story and simply added to it.

At some point....I would imagine members of the FBI and CIA wanted the internal details...which weren't really factual. The snowball was rolling, and they were unable to halt the situation.

Journalists got the same material....never doubting it, and pushed it the rest of the way.

It is funny now to realize how many levels the hoax went through, and was simply revamped and energized each time.

Arresting and placing people in prison?  I don't think it'd really work.  I'm of the mind that a case  has to be created for damaging one's reputation, and put some amount....maybe $2-billion....maybe even $5-billion, and divide it among the forty-odd players.  Yeah, it'll destroy the savings of these folks, and make the remaining year miserable. 

Maybe I'd offer a deal....you pay half of your share, and agree never to make a speech, write a book or do an interview....for the remainder of your life. 

TDS

 TDS, or Trump Derangement Syndrome is a non-clinical term coined to describe what some perceive as irrational, exaggerated, or obsessive criticism of Donald Trump, his policies, or his presidency. 

I've reviewed clinic chatter, and no certified folks really want to say the syndrome  exists....although several dozen clinics have some type of 'program' where they take you in (provided your insurance covers it) and puts you in a lesser chaotic state of mind (they are all careful not to say their program relates to TDS....just that you are stressed-out).

I would imagine the 3-to-4 week  program...mostly training you to avoid news or political dialog/commentary.  They probably read some Bible scripture....watch some episodes of Happy Days....haul hay....mow some lawns, and mellow-out with some high-grade weed.

What this revolves around for the state of mind?  It suggests that critics are so consumed by their dislike for Trump that they lose objectivity, reacting with intense emotion or hostility that overrides logic or reason. 

I was looking back over things...going past 2016, and this odd comment comes up around 2003....Bush Derangement Syndrome.  It was uttered by Charles Krauthammer.  For the record, before he became a journalist...he was a psychiatrist.

BDS?  Well....it means folks are consumed by their dislike for Bush that they lose objectivity, reacting with intense emotion or hostility that overrides logic or reason.

VDS?  Well....it means folks are consumed by their dislike for VP Vance-turned-into-President (2028) that they lose objectivity, reacting with intense emotion or hostility that overrides logic or reason.

XYZ-DS?  Well....it means folks are consumed by their dislike for anyone who is a Republican with high vote  probability....that they lose objectivity, reacting with intense emotion or hostility that overrides logic or reason.

I'm trying to think of an occasion  like this in American history but nothing really fits.  You simply have around 20-odd-million Americans now programed for intense emotion and hostility (it's embeded into their mental side).

Just an odd factor that we seem now stuck with.  

(Note: if you are afflicted with TDS, BDS, or anything-DS....I'll pray for you, humor you to some degree....but in my mind....you got some kind of demon-problem, and probably four consecutive days of hauling hay on a hot August afternoon....to get the problem solved.)

Ten Things

 1.  Toward the beginning of 2026...I expect a Trump lawsuit against Hillary, Obama, and a cast of forty people....in the range of $2-billion...saying they went out to ruin his reputation.  

This method....will resolve the mess of trying to bring them into 'real' court.  

Taking two years?  Yeah, but at the end....by the time they carve up the loot situation...it'll mostly bankrupt Hillary and the rest of the crew.

2.  After reviewing this Cincinnati beat-down situation this past week....I'm of the mind that the city officials are Detroit-minded, and seek to bring the city to a lesser population within five years.

3.  It's just odd...growing up in the 1960s/1970s....and no one ever brought up CULTURE.  

4.  I watched some podscast interview where a Dem-strategist said that Kamala Harris will be a big player/speaker for the mid-terms of 2026.  Not to cast doubt, but I think 90-percent of Dem-districts will 'pass' on her coming to speak for them.

5.  Viewing all this hard-luck status for Vegas....I am reminded that what they depended upon...were free-spending folks of the working class.  So when the economy shifted....folks had debt suddenly.....home costs expanded....Vegas had little to offer the typical guy.  

I'm not saying Vegas is dead, but this model they've used since the 1960s....won't work anymore.

6.  We've reached a level where you utter 'unhinged' and ask 10 people to define the term.....then getting ten different definitions.  At least one will respond that it's when you remove a door from house.

7.  I probably watched twenty interviews this past week with 'guests' who were described in some way as 'intellectual'.  By the end, with about half of them....I felt they'd wrapped up school at the 7th grade, and whatever university they'd attended for intellectual status....they might want to ask for their money back.

8.  My wife (German in nature) sent me on an errand to buy two cases of her favorite bottled water (ONLY 1 particular brand) at the local grocery, while it  was on sale.  I should  note....the brand makes 3 'models' (with gas, no gas, and medium).

So I go over on Tuesday.  I've been issued orders to buy 2 cases of 'with-gas'.  There's none left.  

I go on Wednesday.  There's none left.

I go on Thursday.  There's none left

I go on Friday.  There's none left.

And I go this AM......none left.  It just feels like I'm in old Soviet Union days.

9.  I noted this week....a Miami hotel has outsourced their front desk to India. Guests approach a video-display....get checked in virtually on video call with an Indian representative.

Just guessing, within five years....more than half the hotels in America will be this way.

10.  Iran says.....they have 'plenty of scientists' left to restart uranium enrichment and nuke operations.

I'm guessing all the successful 50-year old PhD types have been  buried, and they are approaching the 40-to-45 year old crowd....with them wondering if they are a big target, and if this is the career-job they always dreamed of.  

Meanwhile....the 30-to-40 year old science crowd are looking at career advancement in two to four years....with their new bosses dead and buried.