Trump is doing to pretty signifigant short-term damage to the US economy.
Jack Daniel's says Canada pulling US alcohol off shelves 'worse than tariff'
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#32You think that's disproportionate? Imposing a tariff in response to nothing at all is disproportionate. On a percentage basis, it's merely a finite response to an infinite action. That doesn't seem unfair to me. Don't expect your enemy to play by your rules when you're the one who made them an enemy.
I'd be curious how much Jack Daniels has donated to their own demise.
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
Trump has always said "51st state", so all Canadian provinces would have a few Representatives and 2 senators. The number of electoral votes is sacred, as is the number of senators and representatives. Adding Canada as 1 state wouldn't really change national politics. Yes, I'm glossing over Quebec.
The total number of electoral votes isn't fixed, and in fact has changed dramatically over the years. Additionally, the number of electors (electoral votes) per state is determined by the Census. "A state's number of electors equals the number of representatives plus two electors for the senators the state has in the United States Congress." You can see a table of the number of electors per state, and how that change…
The number of electors has been effectively fixed since 1927. It's unlikely to change in this highly polarized environment. Any increase in electors would reduce Republican power. If Canada comes in as the 51st (singular!) state all that would happen is New York California, Illinois, Texas and Florida would all get fewer electors (House seats).
Re: Jack Daniel's says Canada pulling US alcohol off shelves 'worse than tariff'
#34You think that's disproportionate? Imposing a tariff in response to nothing at all is disproportionate. On a percentage basis, it's merely a finite response to an infinite action. That doesn't seem unfair to me. Don't expect your enemy to play by your rules when you're the one who made them an enemy.
Remember we are imposing the tariffs on an emergency basis because of fentanyl crossing the border. Even though everyone, even our mastermind president can't even play along with his own rouse; saying things like he wants manufacturing to move to the US or Canada becoming state 51 to avoid tariffs. There are no more rules anymore.
Tru dat. When Canada gloriously becomes the 51st, hell, maybe even 52nd state, there will be no fentanyl smuggling, or any other smuggling, across the border. Because no border. Genius!
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#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
Playing the thought experiment: If you truly annex Canada and those 40m people have voting rights, I don’t see a bright future for the Republican Party. Given proportional representation, they’ll have a voting bloc bigger than California and their politics do not align with the current state of the republicans.
Trump has always said "51st state", so all Canadian provinces would have a few Representatives and 2 senators. The number of electoral votes is sacred, as is the number of senators and representatives. Adding Canada as 1 state wouldn't really change national politics. Yes, I'm glossing over Quebec.
> The number of electoral votes is sacred
Given to us by Jesus himself.
Re: Jack Daniel's says Canada pulling US alcohol off shelves 'worse than tariff'
#36Big laugh, JD site is refusing to accept feedback from canadian IP's, or at least making doing so very difficult.
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
White House Press Secretary said the quiet part loud when she announced that Canada can stop this tariff business by agreeing to become the 51st state.
Nine Canadian provinces have larger populations than Wyoming, so add nine extra states and the US has got a deal ... that it will probably regret lol.
Which would most likely lead to blue Congress and Executive, which is why they will first play shenanigans to ensure no more elections like we have known them.