This week's comic: Playing the wealth card
#cartoon #comic #billionaires #uspol #oligarchy #authoritarianism #economy
economy
I made this as an educational video to explain to people who are uninformed, and willing to hear what #tariffs do:
For anyone here who doesn't know-
They don't make your country money. They are designed to stop a country from trading with you, and go somewhere else, either as a consequence, or because they are overwhelming your own local market that you wish to maintain.
They COST the imposing country money.
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U.S. #stocks tumble on global #TradeWar fears over new #tariffs
#Trump's sweeping tariff announcement Wednesday triggered a sharp drop in U.S. stock markets, a flashing-red warning sign of the economic fallout that's expected to result from the widening trade war.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled over 1,200 points, or 2.9%, Thursday within minutes of the opening bell. The broader S&P 500 index sank 3.4%.
#economy #recession #trumpcession
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/03/nx-s1-5350576/u-s-stocks-fall-tariffs-global-trade-war
CNN's graphic depiction as of 9:05 A.M. EST of what's happening to the stock market after the man running the show crashed it, with his party cheering the crash on and 77 million Americans voting to accomplish this.
#Trump #tariffs #StockMarket #economy #crash #recession #inflation #MobBoss #stupidity #incompetence #destruction
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…Trump’s speech perpetuated the dissonance that has characterized the #IranWar from the start. In Trump’s first extended speech about the #war, delivered 32 days into it, he did not provide a clearer picture.
This is not the fog of war. It’s the fog of Trump’s rhetoric & perhaps his thoughts.
Opinion by Ramesh Ponnuru
#idiocracy #kakistocracy #TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Trump #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #economy #oil #EnergyCrisis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/04/02/trump-iran-war-speech/
Saudi Prince Is Said to Push #Trump to Continue #Iran #War in Recent Calls
Prince Mohammed bin Salman [#MBS] sees a “historic opportunity” to remake the region, according to people briefed by #US officials on the conversations.
#law #murder #WarCriminals #TrumpsWar #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #geopolitics #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/us/politics/saudi-prince-iran-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
🥊 #FEDS NEED TO KEEP ITS #KNEE 🧎 🧎♂️ 🧎♀️ ON #INFLATION'S_NECK??" MY EASTER LILY BLOOMED AGAIN FOR GEORGE FLOYD. REMEMBER HIM? WE DO.
✝️ Who would have known what #George_Floyds death would actually #SPARK!?;)
✝️ A DAY AFTER #GEORGE_FLOYDS #Death my #Easter_Lilly #Bloomed in Remembrance of his death.
✝️ I Post on #LinkedIn and Fediverse 5 times after very first Bloom.
#Proof that short term Memory has been disintegrated from the #food you eat, #air you breath and #people you know!
Thanks to the 🇮🇱 👹 🔥 #ISRAELI _TERRORISTS NOW RUNING OUR ONCE GREAT COUNTRY! 🇱🇷
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd
In #Memory of #George_Floyd ✝️ (October 14, 1973 – May 25, 2020) was an African American man who was murdered by a white police officer in Minneapolis,
The 🇮🇱 Devil is in the 🇱🇷 Details.. WHAT DOES THAT #MEAN?? 🐍
AND WHAT IS #FINANCIAL #Hannibal_Directive??
Lets ask the recently deceased #knee_on_neck Murder Victim BY OUR OWN POLICE DEPT 🚔 for $20 alleged FAKE BUCKS shall we? 💵
WHO PAYS #TAXES in THIS COUNTRY? ANSWER? #ELITES AND #BIGTECH #WALMART, #AMAZON PAYING #ZERO IN #TAXES
FEDS NEED TO KEEP ITS FOOT ON INFLATION'S NECK bc if this Government cannot get you to pay your taxes, if any, they will #inflate the #economy by 30% in order to #TAKE TAXES FROM YOU WHEN YOU BUY #FOOD, PAY #RENT, #mortgage, BUY A #CAR ETC. ETC ETC.
That's right every time you buy food you are paying a 30-40% #markup.
That's #FORCED #INCOME_TAX Folks OF another name CALLED #INFLATION!
All Americans are PAYING AT LEAST 30% IN INCOME TAX AND THEY DONT KNOW IT?
(AKA TRUTH) Remember LAZY ASS #LOSER_CHUMP wanted to apply a 30% take on #TikTok #ACQUISITION.
#TRUMP THE #LAZY_LOSER TRYING TO #ROB THE #STAGE_COACH on its way into town >> AND WE ALL KNOW HOW THAT #ENDS??
This country will not see one penny more than there fair share of taxes. NOT #ONE_PENNY MORE!
It's in the FEDS BEST INTEREST to #PRINT MORE #MONEY to #INCREASE INFLATION NOT LOWER IT! or else the #Value of the USD dollar #WILL_COLLAPSE and GREEDY INEPT #OIL_Tycoons #DIRT_BAGS (AKA #ZIONIST_NAZI'S) benefit when the dollar COLLAPSES..
The feds need to keep raising inflation by printing money and then buffer the impact by 25 to 100 basis points FOREVER..
. in order to COLLECT the income taxes REQUIRED to run this country.
#Kicking the #can FURTHER down the #road is the only way the USA Government can now COLLECT TAXES from its Citizens.
AND That my friends is a SURE SIGN OF A #FAILED_REGIME.
Unless you are a w-2 employee (AKA GOVERNMENT OR FORTUNE 500 #SLAVE!) -- but most are now #self_employed. All of WE THE PEOPLES MONEY HAS BEEN #ROBBED, #SPENT, #PILLAGED while this Israeli regime murder's its own citizens.. gone!
aka #FINANCIAL #Hannibal_Directive.
AND THAT IS WHAT IT MEANS WHEN the "FEDS SAYS." IT #NEEDS TO KEEP ITS #FOOT ON #INFLATION'S_NECK??
Who would have known what #George_Floyds death would actually #SPARK!?;)
A DAY AFTER #GEORGE_FLOYDS #Death my #Easter_Lilly #Bloomed in Remembrance of his death.
I Post on #LinkedIn and Fediverse 5 times after very first Bloom.
#Proof that short term Memory has been disintegrated from the #food you eat, #air you breath and #people you know!
Thanks to the 🇮🇱 👹 🔥 #ISRAELI _TERRORISTS NOW RUNING OUR ONCE GREAT COUNTRY! 🇱🇷
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd
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"I believe that the administration’s metastasizing economic catasrophe is a critical development.
As I read the history of successful autogolpes, politicians who win an election and then effectively destroy the democracy that elevated them, it is almost always the case that their consolidation of power rests upon the perception of economic achievement."
~ Paul Krugman
#Trump #tariffs #economy #recession #StockMarket
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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/did-peter-navarro-save-democracy
For weeks, #Trump has repeatedly boasted that his admin had managed to bring #EggPrices down. But new data on Thurs showed that egg #prices at the #grocery store continued to climb in March.
Egg prices rose 5.9% over the month, acc/to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics [#BLS]. They climbed at a slower rate, though, after rising 10.4% in February & 15.2% in January.
Compared with a year earlier, the price of #eggs is up 60.4%.
#economy #inflation #recession
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/us/politics/egg-prices-march.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=B3C690E8-3AB0-4536-A24F-54EEBC2B393A
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#trump finally admitted that the #economy isn't doing well.
However in true Republican fashion, he didn't actually take responsibility for anything like an adult.
He blamed it on the past like a child, which I don't think surprised anyone. #maga wouldn't know responsibility if it hit them in the face - the problems in the #usa are never their fault, it's all the libtard Democrats, Biden, or Obama despite him not being in office for a LONG time.
File under “sure, Jan”
#Fed Chair Nominee Asserts at Hearing He Won’t Do Trump’s Bidding
Kevin M. Warsh, Trump’s nominee for #FederalReserve chair, told senators at his confirmation hearing that #Trump had not asked him for any commitments 😉. Democrats pressed him on his #independence & details of his personal financial assets.
#economy #banking #kleptocracy #Senate #USpol
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/21/business/kevin-warsh-fed-chair-hearing?smid=nytcore-ios-share
So #trump is doing exactly what I thought he was going to do with the #tariffs when he failed to actually strong arm any countries into unfair deals -
He is walking them back, and then saying he cut deals! When in reality things just went back to the previous tariff situation between the #usa and #china before the ABSOLUTELY INSANE trade war.
Then since #maga sheep are profoundly dumb, they'll eat it up and praise him for wrecking our #economy.
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Two days before Trump announced dramatic plans for “reciprocal” tariffs on foreign imports, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy sold stock in almost three dozen companies, according to records reviewed by ProPublica.
#News #Tariffs #Trump #SeanDuffy #Stocks #Trade #Economy #Business #USPolitics
That’d be the smart move
Exclusive: #Ukraine considers shift from the #US #dollar to #euro amid #geopolitical realignments
Ukraine is starting to consider a shift away from the US dollar, possibly linking its currency more closely to the euro amid the splintering of global #trade & its growing ties to #Europe, per #CentralBank Gov Andriy Pyshnyi.
#geopolitics #economy
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-considers-shift-dollar-euro-amid-geopolitical-realignments-2025-05-07/
JOBS REPORT:
We now have a full year of jobs data for Trump's second term and can compare it to the final year of jobs data under Biden, after the benchmark revision.
Bottom Line: Dramatic slowdown in job creation under Trump
"The damage President Trump has inflicted on the United States and the world is so enormous and wide-ranging that it is hard to grasp. ...Voters in this country twice elected a president with no ethics, no empathy and no end to his narcissism."
"Easily the worst president in U.S. history…."
~ Thomas B. Edsall
#Trump #Iran #war #economy #destruction #narcissism #megalomania #instability
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#Iran Forces Claim to Seize 2 Ships After #Trump Extends “Truce”
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had attacked & seized 2 cargo ships near the #StraitOfHormuz, state media reported. Both sides were seeking to exert control in the waterway even as Trump renewed a #ceasefire.
#IranWar #US #MafiaState #piracy #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/22/world/iran-war-trump-ceasefire-talks?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Hitler’s Terrible #Tariffs
#Hitler used tariffs seeking to “liberate” Germans from a *globalized* world order, the #Nazi government sent the national #economy careening backwards.
#Trump #TrumpTariffs
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/nazi-germany-tariffs-trade/682521/
#Trump repeatedly called #Canadians #nasty in a speech in Las Vegas on Wednesday after claiming that #Canada & other countries had long been unfairly using #tariffs against the #US.
“Canada’s nasty. They are. They’re nasty,” Trump said. “I love the people, but they’re nasty. Nasty leadership.”
#diplomacy #geopolitics #trade #economy #inflation #recession #Trumpcession
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/world/canada/carney-trump-tariffs-trade.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3lA.uTIU.eGcnfbi0S6iq&smid=nytcore-ios-share
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of Trump Media stock the same day Trump unveiled new tariffs that caused the stock market to plummet, according to records obtained by ProPublica.
#News #Trump #StockMarket #Stocks #Tariffs #Economy #USPolitics
We present the first representative international data on firm-level AI use. We survey almost 6000 CFOs, CEOs and executives from stratified firm samples across the US, UK, Germany and Australia. We find four key facts. First, around 70% of firms actively use AI, particularly younger, more productive firms. Second, while over two thirds of top executives regularly use AI, their average use is only 1.5 hours a week, with one quarter reporting no AI use. Third, firms report little impact of AI over the last 3 years, with over 80% of firms reporting no impact on either employment or productivity. Fourth, firms predict sizable impacts over the next 3 years, forecasting AI will boost productivity by 1.4%, increase output by 0.8% and cut employment by 0.7%. We also survey individual employees who predict a 0.5% increase in employment in the next 3 years as a result of AI. This contrast implies a sizable gap in expectations, with senior executives predicting reductions in employment from AI and employees predicting net job creation.
#AI #GenAI #GenerativeAI #economy
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office [#CBO] said Wednesday that the broad Republican bill to cut taxes for corporations & the wealthy & slash federal programs would add $2.4 trillion to the already soaring #NationalDebt over the next decade, in an analysis that was all but certain to inflame concerns that #Trump’s domestic agenda would lead to excessive government borrowing.
#USpol #economy #government
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/us/politics/trump-policy-bill-deficit-estimate.html?smid=url-share
#Trump threatens 50% #tariffs on #EU & 25% penalties on #Apple as his #TradeWar intensifies
Trump on Fri threatened a 50% #tax on all imports from the #EuropeanUnion & a 25% tariff on Apple products unless #iPhones are made in US.
The threats, delivered on social media, reflect his ability to disrupt the #GlobalEconomy with an outburst of typing, & the reality that his tariffs have yet to produce the deals he is seeking or the return of domestic manufacturing.
#economy
https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariff-apple-iphone-tax-170021e8fad22878d0183b5d48971087