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The thought was that American farmers were going to be hurt worst by reciprocal tariffs as Trump fought to level the playing field/return industry to America. So yes, some people would be paying more so that some others would regain the lost industrial jobs.

This might come as a shock to you, but always selling out your fellow man on the global market place in return for marginally cheaper products out of the third world results in all but the massive multi-nationals being reduced to peasant status. These are the sacrifices that must be made to rebuild our nation.

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Specifics, dude.

What industrial jobs are we bringing back? Which industries? Who is going to work there and for what wages? Can we compete with Chinese wages? Are you saying Americans should accept 35%, 45%, 55% inflationary pressures so we can have a fricking steel plant up the road?

In the real world, unlike the political world, facts, numbers, forecasting, and pragmatism matter. This pie-in-the-sky bullshite doesn't fly.

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With HHS cutting its budget by over 1/3rd a lot of that targets tax credits and subsidies which rural hospitals and health care centers rely on as they basically operate in the red without the fed gov.

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USAID spent $2B last year buying food from our farmers to ship to poor nations. Needless to say, that program is long gone.


So we're going to take "income" from these tariffs and turn right around and send it to American farmers losing money because of the tariffs? And Americans will pay more in the process?

WTF are we doing here?

Piquillo peppers

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The Hindus and Muslims were parts of separate kingdoms before the British Raj. India was never a unified subcontinent prior to the Raj. There were typically Muslim kingdoms in the Northwest (Mughals), Sikhs in Punjab, Hindus around the Ganges, Buddhists in the Himalayas and around the Irrawadi in the East, and Dravidians and Tamils in the South.

Today, what was once dozens of nations with hundreds of languages, religions, and ethnic groups is now 7 countries (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan), many of which are extremely unstable due to their massive ethnic and religious divisions which cause frequent internal conflict. Pakistan is essentially a military junta that is constantly at war with separatists and terrorists, Myanmar is in a full blown civil war, Sri Lanka is nearly a failed state following decades of civil war stemming from ethnic conflicts, Bangladesh is an economic and demographic shitshow, and even the most successful country India has lots of issues with Islamist terrorism and Sikh separatist movements.

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People should really credit, or mention, that they're posting AI-generated content.

I'd sue the living shite out of that stylist.

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first robotaxi in Austin in June

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9 years ago didn't he say we'd see the first robotaxi in a year?

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I’ve never regretted spending money on a concert. Sporting events on the other hand…

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Football, especially, is SO much better just sitting on a couch or at a bar. Basketball is close to being the same. Baseball is great live.

I gave up festivals a few years back. Standing 1/4 mile from the stage to watch the big screens. The lines for the pissers are always ridiculous. I get into the rhythm of buying a beer, drink it while standing in line to piss, go wait in line to get another beer and move back over to the line for the pisser again. It's ridiculous.

Ampitheater shows are still very enjoyable, especially chilling out on the lawn on a nice evening.

Theater shows are far and away the best...great acoustics, oftentimes in historical buildings, great views, smaller crowds, just a much better overall experience. I'm biased living here but the Tabernacle in Atlanta is a really great place to catch a show. Also enjoy the Ryman up in Nashville for all the history tied to the theater. Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa is another great room with a TON of history.

80's/90's R&B -- Luther Vandross, RKelly, etc....just awful.

Nu Metal immediately puts me in a bad mood.

There are plenty of exceptions, but by and large I don't like music with female vocalists.

You do have to declare it but not sure how it works when paying via mail. My mortgage company has a checkbox/field to identify additional principal payments.

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our society will need a major overhaul.

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UBI