I've long been in my

Hmmmm, interesting calculation formula for tariffs.

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I'm already not a fan of how these tariffs are being implemented, but if this was the math we used to determine the reciprocal tariffs, holy crap. Go down the list here at this link. Divide the trade deficit number by our imports from that country, and in every instance I tried, you will get the exact "tariffs charged to USA" percent. Holy crap. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/us-trade-deficit-by-country

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So lemme get this straight, the "tariffs" are actually the percentage of trade

Apr 3, 2025, 11:49 AM

imbalances, per country?

This assumes the difference in the trade balance is only/100% "tariffs charged" OR OTHER BARRIERS?

Wait, this gets better. WOW. Read the "official explanation". They actually have a premise that says but for tariffs imposed by other countries and other barriers, trade with the US would naturally balance". I shichu knot, that's exactly what I read.

"To conceptualize reciprocal tariffs, the tariff rates that would drive bilateral trade deficits to zero were computed. While models of international trade generally assume that trade will balance itself over time, the United States has run persistent current account deficits for five decades, indicating that the core premise of most trade models is incorrect.

The failure of trade deficits to balance has many causes, with tariff and non-tariff economic fundamentals as major contributors. Regulatory barriers to American products, environmental reviews, differences in consumption tax rates, compliance hurdles and costs, currency manipulation and undervaluation all serve to deter American goods and keep trade balances distorted. As a result, U.S. consumer demand has been siphoned out of the U.S. economy into the global economy, leading to the closure of more than 90,000 American factories since 1997, and a decline in our manufacturing workforce of more than 6.6 million jobs, more than a third from its peak."

https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/reciprocal-tariff-calculations

Now, please allow me to shoot to #### the entire premise of the bull#### from the US governemnt website. NO COUNTRY has balanced trade. EVERY COUNTRY has a trade surplus, or a trade deficit. BELIZE is the closest country with "balanced" trade, at $25 million. The US is the most imbalanced because we have the consumption of 3.5 billion other countries populations. ffs this is the crap that angers me to no end.

https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/ranking/trade-balance-deficit

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This isn’t the way to do it, not even a little, and it’s going to be the magic bullet that reverses the Democrat party’s fortunes that just a couple months ago seemed to be DOA.

This. Assuming Trump doesn't do something completely dictator-like and stop 2026 from happening (I know you think that's crazy but I still don't), the GOP will be wiped clean come 2026. Americans ALWAYS prioritize current economic status in elections, and no amount of crying about trannies or immigrants or wokeness will change that.

So if the GOP ISN'T worried, then that also leads me to believe they have something dirty in store for 2026. The Dems were a lifeless, spineless party. Trump (and ####### Elon through other measures) has given them new life.

IF you must put in tariffs, they need to gradual, calculated, and planned in advance with warning. Trump ran around shouting "Liberation Day!" because he thought he's the smartest man in the world, and now he's probably wrecked America for the next couple of years.

The Republican Party, no matter who is at the helm, can not ever get out of its own effing way, and I am so sick and tired of it.

Literally has control of everything and could get so much good stuff done and then Will Shipleyed it at the goalline.

Hmmmm, interesting calculation formula for tariffs.

Nobody said MAGA was smart.

I've already had a few debates with some MAGA friends...

Re: I've already had a few debates with some MAGA friends...

Can't wait until you can't pay your electric bill and you cry about Biden here.***

Re: Can't wait until you can't pay your electric bill and you cry about Biden here.***

You are SOLOs-level stupid and not funny.

I've long been in my "Let them eat cake" era.

I'm getting there

Yeah. But nothing you can do about it on an individual level so why

Facts

Re: I've long been in my "Let them eat cake" era.

It's so impressively dumb.

but but but there are chicks with weiners playing against my dawter's

Go on

I do not understand X.

I saw it on another site--I think it's been retweeted and posted a whole lot.

We all were friends with Parnell, right?

Re: Hmmmm, interesting calculation formula for tariffs.

Re: Hmmmm, interesting calculation formula for tariffs.

But, to be fair

MAGA has a very similar mechanism to it as Pol Pot.

That's the most troubling part

Re: That's the most troubling part

So lemme get this straight, the "tariffs" are actually the percentage of trade

You're correct and I don't even get the logic behind that calculation...

China is now at 54%, maybe, who the #### knows.

I think there is somewhat of a chance that Trump loses patience with what he's

Re: I think there is somewhat of a chance that Trump loses patience with what he's

What is so mind-numbingly absurd in all of this...

This is a weird one.

Re: This is a weird one.

I think there's zero chance.

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