Recent content by BlueSmoke

You would think that Modi would have known that to get in bed with Trump is never a good idea. Trump's very selfish that way if you know what I mean.

Since there's another budget shutdown war coming next month, I wonder if this will affect the debate? Or they will just plan on SC overturning.

Ha, pretty sure they already knew but they could have read this thread and seen what was predicted. On the other hand, Its a sure bet everyone who participated in Trump's dog and pony show are holding their hands out for a little scratch. Saw a few days after the White House meeting that Trump...

The fruits of his negotiations are that we have narrowed the list of open issues in the Russia-Ukraine war to a set of clearly defined issues--specifically, security guarantees and territorial concessions. VANCE So that is what the VP claims as his defense for what he says was " meant to hurt...

Thanks. I agree and didn't mean to imply that tariffs were the primary cause of a bad economy. They are not good for an economy and when high tariffs are present, might be more indicative of other things the country is getting wrong.

Yep. I looked at this data around Trump's liberation date. It seemed every major economy had very low tariffs and the bad economies had high tariffs. There was one glaring exception.........India. So I looked into it. After their independence in 1947, they were very anti colonialism and...

Thank you! But this is just shameful.

Bill Browder made an interesting point today. That it was obvious that Trump went into the Putin meeting determined to give Putin everything to get a deal. Including Ukrainian land. But Putin wouldn't take it. Because it ain't about land. Its about getting control of Ukraine.

You got a link to Bill Clinton saying that? I can't find it. And actually, I believe it was Reagan who first raised long term Capital Gains rate to 28% in 1987. And the way he did it was to eliminate the rate. Therefore, you paid the same rate on Long term Capital Gains as ordinary income...

I wouldn't mind seeing that study. For years, I have argued against the argument about double taxation of Corporate income. Doesn't hold because if its a good investment (think Warren Buffet) then they never sell. Meanwhile, the wealthy are getting the compound affect of much lower tax...

Mike Pence might want to keep in mind the John Bolten example. But being that he's from Indiana, this is concerning to him I'm sure. Perhaps John Deere's stock price is starting to show the affect of tariffs.

Russians like the advantage of getting more land of course. And I am sure they enjoy having their enemies that much further away and such. Those are side motivations and we shouldn't be distracted by them. The real motivation for this war has nothing to do with land and therefore...

The one thing the war is not about..........is land. Russia already has more then enough land over 11 time zones or something. So giving land away has no value for a permanent peace. If you go back to the first weeks of the war, you know the war is not about land. When the invasion...

Burn Russia, Burn!!!!!! That's one way to stop the war. You know, if Putin loses power and the war, I can't help but wonder what kind of depression Trump will go into?

I suppose we can complain that government equity positions in corporations is a form of socialism. Me, I prefer a more direct approach. Its BAD FOR the economy. That would be my preferred talking point. Would anyone want to fly today if Jimmy Carter had not deregulated the airline...