This time next year, President Trump moves back into the Whitehouse...

[Mr. Dazzle]

It's weird, because pardoning implies the Turkey did something wrong.

[KungFooBob]

So these tariffs...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg7y52n411o

From the article...

He has previously claimed that these taxes are "not going to be a cost to you, it’s a cost to another country".

Surely if you were importing into the USA, you just put your prices up to cover the tariff, impacting the end consumer?

If stuff is being imported, I would assume there is a demand for it because it's not produced locally?

[Mr. Dazzle]

Surely if you were importing into the USA, you just put your prices up to cover the tariff, impacting the end consumer?

Congratulations, you've understood basic economics better than the president elect

The other thign which happens is, foreign suppliers stop selling in the US and US firms enjoy a better domestic market. This stifles innovation in the US (why bother making products better when you have no competition?), then if/when the tariff comes down you suddenly have a load of competition from superior foreign firms and you go out of business.

Did Mexico ever end up paying for that wall?

[wheelnut]

It's weird, because pardoning implies the Turkey did something wrong.

It's a pardon from being killed and eaten at thankgiving. A long tradition.

[Mr. Dazzle]

It's weird, because pardoning implies the Turkey did something wrong.

It's a pardon from being killed and eaten at thankgiving. A long tradition.

yeah I get that, but that's not really a pardon Pardoning is when you let someone off the consequences of a conviction (which, just for pedantry, is not the same as saying someone is innocent).

I suppose the Turkey has been convicted of being delicious and easy to catch.

[mangocrazy]

Wild turkeys live in the woods near my sister in law's place in Tennessee. You wouldn't mess with one unless you were carrying a gun, they're feisty things. And big. Dunno whether they're delicious or not...

[Skub]

Wild turkeys live in the woods near my sister in law's place in Tennessee. You wouldn't mess with one unless you were carrying a gun, they're feisty things. And big. Dunno whether they're delicious or not...

They taste like Whisky.... Apparently.

[ZRX61]

Biden pardoned two turkeys today for Thanksgiving. Speech went awry when he confused a teeter totter (see-saw) with tater tots...

It's a tradition that the president pardons a turkey going back to Loncoln in 1865.

I know, but Biden was so confused I'm surprised he didn't appoint them to his cabinet.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Wild turkeys live in the woods near my sister in law's place in Tennessee. You wouldn't mess with one unless you were carrying a gun, they're feisty things. And big. Dunno whether they're delicious or not...

They taste like Whisky.... Apparently.

I thought it was the other way around. Every day is a school day.

[Wossname]

Biden pardoned two turkeys today for Thanksgiving. Speech went awry when he confused a teeter totter (see-saw) with tater tots...

It's a tradition that the president pardons a turkey going back to Loncoln in 1865.

I know, but Biden was so confused I'm surprised he didn't appoint them to his cabinet.

In comparison to the turkeys Trump’s appointing? Just for balance, like.

[ZRX61]

The tariffs are merely a threat. Trudeau & Sheinbaum have two months to get their fucking act together. If other countries want to get in a tariff/trade war, the US can just stop exporting food to them.

Having heard Biden yesterday, I just realized who he reminded me of... Rowley Birkin QC

[wheelnut]

Surely if you were importing into the USA, you just put your prices up to cover the tariff, impacting the end consumer?

Congratulations, you've understood basic economics better than the president elect

The other thign which happens is, foreign suppliers stop selling in the US and US firms enjoy a better domestic market. This stifles innovation in the US (why bother making products better when you have no competition?), then if/when the tariff comes down you suddenly have a load of competition from superior foreign firms and you go out of business.

Did Mexico ever end up paying for that wall?

Or BMW and audi start builiding factories in the US