Earlier today: Consumption taxes: I’d noticed many writers putting this idea forward yesterday- Seems applicable and likely. One of many articles around- Link The tariffs will sharply raise the cost of imported products equivalent to about one-tenth of the US economy. To that extent, they’re a consumption tax that American businesses and consumers will pay. […]
Month: April 2025
Posted at Common Dreams Read entirely at link above, a brief excerpt below This is a con on a global scale. Trump is not rejecting the corporate trade model. He’s weaponizing it. On April 2, Donald Trump declared a national emergency and announced sweeping tariffs on nearly all imported goods. The headlines were dramatic — tariffs […]
…. to Increase our Competitive Edge, Protect our Sovereignty, and Strengthen our National and Economic Security White House Fact Sheet PURSUING RECIPROCITY TO REBUILD THE ECONOMY AND RESTORE NATIONAL AND ECONOMIC SECURITY: Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that foreign trade and economic practices have created a national emergency, and his order imposes responsive tariffs […]
There may be other posts at my old site, but, the two I’ve opted to republish, for now, should clarify the eastern med pipeline and the partnership of Greece, Cyprus and Israel. This also should explain another reason, why Israel is intent on ethnically Gaza, taking portions of Lebanon and controlling as much of the […]
https://pennyforyourthoughts2.blogspot.com/2017/01/why-russia-might-want-cyprus-talks-to.html
I’ve got background information at my former site on this pipeline.. It’s been planned for a very long time. I’m going to dig something up, but, for now- Let’s think about the overt hostility Greece and Cyprus have been demonstrating towards Turkey. Ramped up quite high lately. Then consider Israeli rhetoric towards Turkey. The very […]