Discussion: Leaked Bill Shows Trump Wants To Raise Tariffs Without Congress Or Int'l Laws

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What? He wants to rule by EO??

Thought he was against that…oh, wait, that was back when Obama was in office. Now, well, IOKIYAT (“it’s okay if you are Trump”).

Not the first 180, won’t be the last.

Sigh.

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Sad idiot clown is a sad idiot.

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…and yet his ‘supporters ‘ still insist that he is not a wannabe dictator. Go figure.

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It’s the logical end to the GOP dictate that government should be run like a business and the business is a sole proprietorship. You have to admire the consistency of their dogma.

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An unnamed source told Axios that the bill would never muster the requisite congressional support, and White House Legislative Affairs Director Marc Short reportedly called it “dead on arrival.”

The folks who are fighting the tariffs, won’t be in DC, next year…

The guy who is fighting them, will be,in DC, in 2019.

So it wouldn’t surprise me to see Trump successfully try this again.

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He really puts the “dick” in “dictator”. I’ll give him that much.

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The capital gains tax rate should be double the manufacturing profits tax rate, so that passive shareholders who contribute nothing should be last in line instead of first.

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And we know how that orange fuck feels about leakers. Wait, which kind?

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“… a stunning look at Trump’s disregard for international agreements and the U.S. checks and balances system in favor of giving himself complete, unilateral power over his pet issues.”

Over his pet issues? Don’t you mean, “over everything”?

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The usurper in chief wants to usurp another branch of government’s purview, color me shocked?

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But is he beginning to walk away from their agenda. He is trying to become totally unconstrained.

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the bill is a stunning look at Trump’s disregard for international agreements and the U.S. checks and balances system

Somewhere there are people still capable of being stunned by Trump’s actions?

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Ah yes, the FART Bill. An apt acronyn.

There were debates about whether the name of the act was intentional, while internet users responded with jokes, memes and even poetry.

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He will always be a wannabe dictator, too fucking stupid to appreciate such US constitutional nuances as “separation of powers.” And of course he has utter contempt for the laws he swore to uphold in his oath of office. He didn’t even know what the words meant.

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IOKIYAR is easy to follow.

Just make sure you take care of the tax bracket that owns media and you are never held to account.

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Didn’t / Doesn’t care, either.

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But if the economy continues to slow, and if Trump continues with bills like these, it will be interesting to see how losing sectors start to fight back. Trump v Harley Davidson is just the amuse-bouche.

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The Trump National Anthem

I started a joke which started the whole world crying
But I didn’t see that the joke was on me oh no
I started to cry which started the whole world laughing
Oh If I’d only seen that the joke was on me

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Pigs gotta be piggy! What an ass!