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Yes, businesses absolutely need to show the tariff at the checkout screen. Don't hide it into the cost of the product.

Internal Revenue Code, 501(c)(3) Donny's little helpers from the Heritage Foundation are breaking the law being political instead of doing "research and education".

It's time we take the fight to the architects of #Project2025. The Heritage Foundation 214 Massachusetts Avenue NE Washington, D.C It's OUR country. Our DEMOCRACY. AND WE WILL FIGHT FOR IT. So NO, Kevin, we're not afraid of you. But you and your henchmen most certainly should be terrified of us.

The Greed-O-P

This is the guy that will be designated to take the fall.

Republicans in Congress could easily stop the criminal clown from destroying the global economy. But choose not to.

Just ask Liz Truss how well it works to antagonize the "Street". www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump is starting to panic and so is Elon. Their biggest problem: how to blame tariffs on Biden. But being great is just around the corner... ...just like full self driving. Clowns, all of them. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/05/t...

Self proclaimed " smartest people" failed their political IQ test.

Canada: Irreconcilable differences. Honey we are incompatible, let's divorce. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Boycotts work

Trump himself offered an analogy that his tariffs and the unrest around them were akin to "when a patient gets operated on and it's a big thing." Yeah because the market knows that Dr. Frankenstein is the surgeon.

This. The Republican party is underexposed so far. They are just as responsible.

This.

The dollar as reserve currency is turning slowly into a risk. www.reuters.com/markets/afte... If an accord can't be reached, Trump's administration might be tempted to use more aggressive tactics, such as harnessing the dollar's status as the currency in which the world trades, saves and invests.

Which is the reason to bring manufacturing back.

“Sadly the overwhelming majority of PC component manufacturing is not done in the US and never has been,” www.tomshardware.com/desktops/gam...