We also didn't have roads, safe bridges, electricity readily available, and indoor plumbing in virtually all homes, how do you think that was possible? His stupidity is breathtaking, he would do well in middle management.
Donβt forget his Uncle was a professor at MIT. He would come to little Donnie (big guy, tears in his eyes) and say Sir Donnie please help me solve this calculus problem.
"People used to buy their groceries (I invented that word, I love it, what a great word) with Tariffs. Eggs would cost one tariff, milk was two tariffs. It was such a beautiful time for groceries and tariffs. Did I mention I invented the word groceries?"
The irony that cosplaying Christians voted for the man that's starting the Tribulation they love speaking about but have no idea what they're talking about.
Are they going to continue to let him make bizarre stuff up β¦. It feels like weβre in a fun house with all the distorted mirrors but thereβs no escape and clearly no fun
Shock collar. It goes off when he lies.
Seriously, though, we all know he's an idiot but he absolutely says things he knows are not true and we have got to get over the fear of calling it out.
βIn 1900, the disparity between the rich & poor in the United States was significant, reflecting the Gilded Age era's extreme wealth inequality. The wealthiest individuals & corporations amassed immense wealth, while many workers struggled with low wages & poor living conditions.β
Ah yes, 1870 to 1913, that glorious economic period when :::squints eyes::: America rarely went 2 years without falling into some kind of an economic meltdown.
Are you suggesting some sort of... linkage? between economic instability and political instability? That's a bold assertion, you need to do some serious scholarship to back that there claim up, my dude.
Trump: Back in the old days, pre-tariff, we didnβt have money β just the word money. If you wanted something youβd say βmoneyβ over and over till it was enough. A horse was 500 βmoneysβ. A corset was 73 βmoneysβ. Thatβs where the phrase, βO Lady, Iβll moneys you till an apple morningβ comes from.
The President of the United States is a dementia addled buffoon.
The whole world can see it, yet American media continue to play the most ludicrous game of Emperorβs New Clothes and pretend heβs a functioning human.
He means federal revenue, not money, but that's not entirely correct either. There were excise taxes & estate taxes, for example. The economy also fluctuated wildly, with multiple panics, recessions, and depressions during this period. Income tax and government spending created prosperity in the US.
They talk about tariffs all the time in Little House on the Prairie.
And you know weβve all seen the episodes about tariffs between the Ingalls & the Olsens
You know, in the old days -- about 1870 to 1913 -- there was no safety net, entitlements, retirement, or public health care and the bottom 40% of Americans were entirely subjugated and had absolutely nothing.
Called βColonial Notesβ, they were issued by the Massachusetts Bay Colony to fund military expeditions.
Other colonies quickly take up the practice of issuing paper notes.
Oh yeah my great great grandma who died in 1992 used to talk about buying bananas with tarrifs at the corner store. She said we declined as a country when we switched from the tariff standard to the gold standard and then paper money.
"...and you could eat money and the trees were made out of cotton candy and the horses had wings. What? Is it time for my medicine? Bingo? Oh, gotta go. The nurse is here."
"Now to take the ferry costa tariff, and in those days money was called tariffs. Gimme five tariffs you'd say...anyway I had an onion tied to my belt which was the style at the time..
When his tariffs add $30,000 on to the cost of food, bills and everything else, everyone in the US pays an extra $30,000. That's $10.5 trillion a year which funds the Treasury, so he scraps income tax + corp tax. So you pay an extra $30,000 a year and Trump, Musk, Bezos, etc pay $30,000 a year too.
He means there was no income tax, tariffs funded the Treasury. That's what he, and the billionaires, want to get back to, no income tax, no corporate tax, the normal people funding the Treasury with regressive sales taxes. Once you understand this, the tariffs make sense.
Trump has an entire Universe in his head, one of his own, nohing he ever does makes sense, except he would kill everyone, including his kids, to have someone suck his tiny hands. No wonder he talks gibberish, that enemies list takes up the 1.5 brain cells still working.
I get what you're saying, but "makes sense" is relative, since there is no way that what's essentially a sales tax will fund the US Government even after it gets stripped to the bone.
I live in Australia, grew up in Ireland, and spent many years in the UK. In all these places, healthcare is universal, maternity and sick leave is the norm and college fees are fine. If you are sick, you go see a doctor, you take paid sick leave from your employer. It's routine, it happens every day
Yeah, first thing that came to mind was that the military back then didn't have planes*, tanks, Patriot missiles, etc. (*In 1910, they DID acquire a Wright Model A biplane.)
I was leaving some of those off because they're more "complicated." SS and Medicare, for example, are largely funded directly from payroll taxes rather than the general bucket. Yes, I want that stuff too. The stuff I'm not using: I might someday, also I don't want to withhold it from others.
The bank robbers would rush in and demand the teller put all the tariffs in the bag and be quick about it, or else. oh those wonderful days of yesteryear!
Tariffs paid by the people... so when the people can't pay the tariffs because they cannot afford them...what's next? Debtors prisons... private prison...or a free trip El Salvador.
βSo I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. βGimme five bees for a quarter,β you'd say.β
No, the rich were the richest! The robber barons had all the money and kept it to themselves! Tariffs were the hardest on the working class who could just about afford the basics. That is the America he wants to return to π€¬
This imbecile knows he screwed up. The herculean efforts he and his merryband of fuckwads are putting into defense is a tell. He just can not be wrong. And he will wreck us. Thanks MAGA
Also remember during that time frame there were no regulations and no regulators. The goal is to get back to an age of robber barons and a permanent underclass who worked for them. No regulations, no regulators, no rules, just money and might.
Babbling about tariffs like itβs 1870 just proves the motherfuckerβs brain is stuck in a history book he never fucking read β this clown thinks heβs an economic genius but heβs just a loud, clueless fossil dragging 330 million people through his dumbass fantasy cosplay of the Gilded Age.
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To buy a car you tariffed Henry Ford.
To collect your paycheck you tariffed your employer.
...yup, screwed to the the hilt.
β’ When syphilis affects the brain, it can cause a condition called βgeneral paralysis of the insaneβ
Symptoms may include:
β’ Delusions and hallucinations
β’ Personality changes
β’ Mood disturbances
β’ Cognitive decline and dementia-like symptoms
β’ Impaired judgment
Rhetorical qβ¦.
(not a joke)
govt controlled crypto is a thing
earn credits via crypto
allowed to buy (whatever)
misbehave - no crypto credits for you
I hope cash remains "king" in our society, but it looks like thst idea is losing ground fast
Does he still not know that countries don't pay, WE the importers in America and consumers pay or is he lying because he is a sociopath?
" but only if you use an entire tub at a time"
"But who the fuck would do that anyway?"
Seriously, though, we all know he's an idiot but he absolutely says things he knows are not true and we have got to get over the fear of calling it out.
Trump is so dumb!
Problem is our society is allergic to reading history.
If they did read, they would find the Gilded/Golden Age of America was only great for the robber barons.
All others, like you and me, lived in poverty.
See? He understands
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/trump-tariffs-smugglers/682303/
I think Trump's enamored of the period specifically because of the gilding. So beautiful when everything was covered in gold! Make America Gold Again!
Kind of like how he mixes up mental asylums and political asylum.
The whole world can see it, yet American media continue to play the most ludicrous game of Emperorβs New Clothes and pretend heβs a functioning human.
Well, it was him or a competent woman, twice, so heyβ¦
what would mckinley do
Buffoon to think we are going back to 1870 ong
And you know weβve all seen the episodes about tariffs between the Ingalls & the Olsens
https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lmulrrdapo24
Called βColonial Notesβ, they were issued by the Massachusetts Bay Colony to fund military expeditions.
Other colonies quickly take up the practice of issuing paper notes.
The first US coinage began in 1793-ish.
Stinky would get an F on a blood test.
Before then, people paid for things by trading black people and women
Let's do that
But I want all that stuff
Merchant: Have ye any tariffs?
Bellend
This dude is mental
Cowboys often threw a couple of tariffs onto the bar for a whiskey and a sarsaparilla.
Which one will mean rich people pay less as a percentage of income.
It is a scam
Congratulations, everybody. Grampa Simpson is your president
How can any of his people hear this and think he makes sense?