Recent content by atmasphere

Right. The takeaway being the 'free up cash' part. My relative didn't mention anything about what sort of equipment he saw for sale; merely that it was happening. So we can see this bit as being on the same page.

I did not clarify it being false nor that there is nothing to back it up. Your assumption seems to be that since I provided no link that it must be false or the like. I merely reported what I was told by someone who does it for a living. I've no doubt, based on how people have responded just on...

3rd or 4th grade about tariffs and trade deficits (or imbalances) well after college. This statement is false. Made up stories can be quite simple and humans use them all the time. One example is how you've been distorting my position. That is both making up stories and because they are made...

Yes! I agree China has done and continues to do things that are in its favor, and some of them predatory. They share that with the US. One of the things that bugs me personally is the lack of IP protections. But I don't think tariffs is the way to do it since its a pretty blunt instrument, whose...

Trump did. I was being critical of the tariffs, not him in case it wasn't obvious. I'm critical of Navarro because he mislead Trump about how they work. You appear to be creating meaning where meaning did not exist; IOW making up a story. What is an 'export tariff'?? I'm beginning to think you...

Its not because of Trump. That part is also made up by you. Its because tariffs are cutting them off from their marketplaces.

I didn't say anything about 'confused'. That bit is something you made up, despite your 'no questions' assertion. I said they didn't know what to plant. That's a lot different! This is an excellent demonstration of how stories can get made up.

Actually China has plenty of markets. That is part of why the tariffs won't work on them. Your story about 'removing Income Taxes and putting money back into peoples pockets is Punishment?' while a nice sentiment is a made up story; its not real. If the US were to impose tariffs, the way to do...

You are missing the bit about punishment which I was careful to include in my statement.

I see a lot of spin out there. But facts are facts and if one is pragmatic, then one can see the damage tariffs do to the country that imposes them as punishment. This is all backed up by history. I'm critical of Navarro; I think he has deceived the administration. If you practice being...

As you have pointed out, there's no way this thread wouldn't go off the rails. But if you think my comments were political, you didn't get what I was saying as I specifically avoided being political, believe it or not. One thing I've noticed in discussion such as these is the source of 'news'...

I share your apparent frustration with the American medical system. But your statement is false. My surmise is you may not have been keeping up with all the advances in medical work. I know for sure I haven't!! But here is an example I discovered recently. If you are older, like me you might...

Yes- absolutely!! It helps that Trump blinked again- twice this week alone. Apparently he found (without admitting it) that he didn't hold all the cards, that China has other markets than just us. Right now the market seems to be counting on Trump to have learned his lesson (part of which is...

Actually 'they' didn't. 'They' remember it pretty well. The pandemic sucked. The idea that 'its OK now because it happened before when things were bad' strains credulity at best. A more logical conclusion is that if it was bad back then, its likely bad now too. We are seeing the worst April...

Yes- there is a lot of doom and gloom. And watching TV all the time isn't good for anyone's health! But WRT 'common sense' which IMO is often oxymoronic, vanishing trillions of dollars overnight likely isn't the best thing to happen in the stock market of any country. 'Common sense' can be...