Watch "Why Tariffs Won’t Save Manufacturing" on YouTube

Truth. Love this. 

In short, its that tariffs don't actually help anything.  They shift problems and essentially make life more expensive for everyone.

The example of cotton is a good one.

https://youtu.be/cpqXHKKpGuI?si=_rlSgwHSPTz6hAlC

They saved how much?

The DOGE idiot is claiming $115 billion in saves! Amazing isn't it?

But there is simply no way that's true. Sure, trimming some costs here and there will help. And closing a few buildings can't hurt. 

But one of the biggest expenses that was saved on was labor. But let's do a little back of the envelope math. 

Let's say the average laid off worker (who may or may not be actually laid off) makes $100k a year. And let's suppose that 10,000 people were laid off. 

That's $1 billion in cost reductions (on paper anyway) for a year. 

Is he claiming it's more? Like a million federal workers? Huh? That would be half of all federal employees. 

It ain't adding up. 

And just for context, that $1b in savings amounts to just three F22 fighter jets or half of one B2 bomber. 

Maybe if you're looking for savings, you could find a similar amount in the military budget. Just saying. 

Our federal debt

Here's something submitted for your consideration. 

According to 

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/GFDEGDQ188S our current debt, as it relates to GDP is about 122%. Meaning that we are spending 22% more than we have. 

And that number is expected to grow to 166% by 2054 (source: 

https://www.cbo.gov/publication/59711)

Which means we have a full on debt crisis looming. 

At present, some of our debt is bought up by foreign governments, but it's real money that essentially we owe them (with interest). 

As T-rump continues to trample everything in his sights, we have to realize that this problem will become a MUCH bigger issue somewhere down the road, long after he (and those of us who were born in the last 45+ years) are long gone. 

Nobody will be willing to buy this debt, as T-rump wants to "stand alone."  And surely that will cause an economic catastrophe.  That we can see coming and could (if we weren't so freaking stupid and short sighted) prevent.  

But like everything he's every run, bankruptcy is the only way through. 

Dear GOP house and senate members

You appear to do whatever Mr Trump tells you to do. 

Might I remind you that on November 6, 2012, he posted to Twitter (you can see it in the archive): 

"If the Dow drops 1,000 points in two days, the president should be impeached immediately."

And that's exactly what has happened this week. 

So I expect that you will follow his orders, and do as he said. Impeach him IMMEDIATELY. 

I hate it when there’s a misuse of words

Especially when it's "see how smart you are on general knowledge"

It's STATUTE.  A statue is an inanimate object created by an artist. 

Why egg prices are rising, or how humans respond to scarcity

This is an interesting nugget that is worth a quick read. 

 "Most of consumer behavior is dictated by perception rather than reality,"

Yeah. That checks out. And not just about eggs. 

https://blog.medium.com/why-egg-prices-are-rising-or-how-humans-respond-to-scarcity-885b3bd04351

Laughable

Florida has introduced a bill to require students to learn cursive, beginning in 2nd grade and have an evaluation in 5th grade. 

"In a digital age, we must not lose sight of the foundational skills that connect us to our history and sharpen our minds," said Republican Rep. Toby Overdorf of Palm City, the bill sponsor.

"If our students can't read cursive writing, they can't read the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution or even a grandparent's handwritten letter," 

I am on the fence about teaching cursive. But the comment about a grandparents handwritten letter is absurd. 

Of course, no one writes letters anymore.  Full stop.  

And a 2nd grader would be about 8.  Generationally, their parents would be somewhere in their late 20s, and the grandparents would be in their late 40s or early 50s. 

I don't know anyone in that age range who actually writes in cursive. It's a lost art.