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On 12/16/2025 at 5:44 AM, Bookman said:

Is there any way to estimate how the tariffs have impacted prices on major items? Yesterday I got four new Continental tires and it cost me about $1,700 at Discount Tire after everything. I wonder how much of the cost, if any, was due to the Trump Tax. 

 

On 12/16/2025 at 9:37 AM, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I believe the total China tariff is sitting close to 30% right now. Other countries are lower and it’s more than likely your tires came from elsewhere but that doesn’t prevent discount tire from pricing all tires based on the highest tariff. So maybe 400-500 in tariffs.

of course maybe due to competition, discount tire is eating some of those costs or they haven’t applied the highest tariff costs across the board.

its so crazy how the Trump admin is literally bragging how much they’ve taxed US companies via tariffs. And therefore the customers of these companies.

The tariffs are applied to raw materials too.  The US does not grow latex, it is all imported.  All tires that include latex) I think it's all of them, there are synthetic/petroleum sources but I think all tires have at least a blend) have the tax. If they were made offshore then they would be taxed on the final product too.

I bought my new tires in January because of this even though they were made in USA because the latex came from southeast Asia.

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On 12/16/2025 at 10:15 PM, atomheartbevo said:

We're going to see something out of them next month when they truly realize how fucked a lot more Americans are, in an election year no less.

#twoweeks

52 minutes ago, Red Five said:

Evidently, about 35% of the country will put up with literally anything. He could have another televised address where he announces that he is personally raiding the treasury and I don't think he would dip much under that 35%. 

i honestly gave up on the 35% that basically created this monster, its the other middle 35% that hare my ire. Like Brisket says, the magas want this misery. The other 35% is one of the many failure points at the end of capitalism. Pay check to pay check, so let the people writing their paycheck take all the power. Rinse and repeat. A tale as old as time. 

58 minutes ago, Ted Lange said:

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I think this is pretty indicative of a huge seismic shift in voter sentiment that has occurred over just the past three months. People spend freely when they feel good. They tighten up in times of fear or uncertainty.  

If I were the Republicans I'd be concerned about this. 

6 minutes ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:



I think this is pretty indicative of a huge seismic shift in voter sentiment that has occurred over just the past three months. People spend freely when they feel good. They tighten up in times of fear or uncertainty.  

If I were the Republicans I'd be concerned about this. 

Republicans are cornered. They know with who is in charge they can’t do shit about fuck and they know if they step out they get their asses whipped by the Baboon in Chief. They are cowed. 
 

Which is why I expect that they will continue to dig in and try to cling to power. 

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1 minute ago, Surly Bevo said:

Republicans are cornered. They know with who is in charge they can’t do shit about fuck and they know if they step out they get their asses whipped by the Baboon in Chief. They are cowed. 
 

Which is why I expect that they will continue to dig in and try to cling to power. 



I think we'll see more and more of them resigning so as to not face hostile town halls. That can't be fun for anybody. 

24 minutes ago, Surly Bevo said:

Republicans are cornered. They know with who is in charge they can’t do shit about fuck and they know if they step out they get their asses whipped by the Baboon in Chief. They are cowed. 
 

Which is why I expect that they will continue to dig in and try to cling to power. 

Well, a lot of em seem to be chickening out.

aren't a lot of them just...quitting?

cowards

Drug price math talk not going away.

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On 12/19/2025 at 11:27 AM, Red Five said:

"Quit your crying! The man saved our country so I say let him take whatever he wants!"

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You heard it in his voice 

34 minutes ago, David Dennison said:

 

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according to Commerce Department data released Tuesday.

I see a problem here..

10 minutes ago, safe sex said:

I see a problem here..

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Two things about that data.

First, this POTUS has told us quite plainly that he believes that data from such agencies is manipulated.  He has fired people at such entities who released numbers that he did not like.  The only rational implication of that course and messaging is that the data, going forward, IS manipulated to yield results the POTUS wants.  Not accurate results, but rather those that are pleasing to the King, such that the minions do not get fired/beheaded.  THUS, the only rational conclusion is that no data coming out under this administration can be trusted.  Instead, it should all be rejected as inherently and purposefully subjective and biased.

Second, most INDPENDENT analysis I've seen indicates that functionally all of our positive GDP thus far this year is tied to AI and data center construction.  Take that out of the mix, and we're flat.  And, when you take into account that AI and data centers are just a fucking bubble, that's really important.

 

3 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Two things about that data.

First, this POTUS has told us quite plainly that he believes that data from such agencies is manipulated.  He has fired people at such entities who released numbers that he did not like.  The only rational implication of that course and messaging is that the data, going forward, IS manipulated to yield results the POTUS wants.  Not accurate results, but rather those that are pleasing to the King, such that the minions do not get fired/beheaded.  THUS, the only rational conclusion is that no data coming out under this administration can be trusted.  Instead, it should all be rejected as inherently and purposefully subjective and biased.

Second, most INDPENDENT analysis I've seen indicates that functionally all of our positive GDP thus far this year is tied to AI and data center construction.  Take that out of the mix, and we're flat.  And, when you take into account that AI and data centers are just a fucking bubble, that's really important.

 

Nobody should believe a word of what Howard Nutlick says.

1 hour ago, David Dennison said:

 

If that were true, then we'd have a real fucking problem with this economy.  You'd be telling me that at a time when the economy grew by nearly 5%, it didn't create a single new job and payrolls remained flat.  You'd be telling me that pretty much every dime of that increased economic activity went to . . . not anybody with a job or looking for one.

IF that were true, then you'd have a real structural problem on your hands.  

23 minutes ago, Ghost of LL said:

If that were true, then we'd have a real fucking problem with this economy.  You'd be telling me that at a time when the economy grew by nearly 5%, it didn't create a single new job and payrolls remained flat.  You'd be telling me that pretty much every dime of that increased economic activity went to . . . not anybody with a job or looking for one.

IF that were true, then you'd have a real structural problem on your hands.  

Isn't this the screaming red flag of a capital K, K-shaped economy?

21 minutes ago, Vegas64 said:

Isn't this the screaming red flag of a capital K, K-shaped economy?

If that GDP number is right, then yes.  And it would probably indicate that we're on the eve of a revolution.

Will this one be televised?

1 hour ago, Macanudo said:

Will this one be televised?

Unfortunately in portrait mode, because dumbasses don’t know how to use landscape mode with their phones.

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