i knew this was going to happen

[Neighbor]

Florida USA is still quite dependent on goodwill for it's economic success. If Canada does not buy it's oranges and other  produce that will be a big hit. If it's people  go elsewhere than Florida for winter vacations our local tax base will suffer tremendous loss, making it nearly impossible  for it to keep present  commitments to payoff the bonds  it has issued and is issuing even today  for development of whole regions of the State, one being the rebuilding  of a stadium  for Major League Baseball.  Kiss MLB Spring training revenue goodbye too.

Having lived through  severe economic collapses  in Florida tourism in the past when  in the hospitality industry (hotel restaurant entertainment lounge) I remember the really hard times we went through. I expect this to become very harsh for us al at Florida very fast.

But POTUS says  we "will understand" the need to suffer to MAGA. Yeah sure. Seems to me it is bring on a crisis in order to crash the economy make real estate vary cheap for the super rich to come in and shear the sheep yet again.

Why we are being told we might not have income tax any more, just tariffs. Ah okay, who benefits from no income tax more than the very wealthy income earners? Who will be paying tariffs but end users of products including the poor who do not have  income sufficient now to have to pay income tax? Trickle up economics?

Lord I look to you in confidence that the provisions you provide me will be sufficient for my need just as it always has been. May the many poor among us be remembered by you may your people remember to help them all sacrifcially even as the harsh times come upon us all.

 

[Neighbor]

Just a guess, but: I expect the tariffs will be the death knell of the already troubled project the rebuilding of St Petersburg, Florida USA including housing for the poorer among us and of course the many bars planned to be built around a new MLB stadium  at St. Petersburg. Much of it's financing is to come from tourist  taxation revenue. No Canadians coming, no tax revenue,  no way to pay for the rebuilding.

If so, this will become the antithesis of "build back better". We will all be recalling 2008  and reliving it, and Free Florida  the Red State of some importance will go Blue in more ways than one.

Perhaps though, this coming catastrophe will also bring about revival of the absolute need to rely on God alone, live out the principles taught in the Bible and not follow the depraved schemes of any man, any man at all.

Do not covet; do not try to make Babylon great again.

[Neighbor]

17 hours ago, NConly said:

The immigration problem with Canada is they are allowing people from other countries into Canada and then they come to America illegally, they do not stay in Canada.  Mexico does the same as Canada with the added affect of Mexicans also coming illegally to America.

Not to worry any longer with the 25 nab-ster units gathering them  up with a quota of 1200 per day. Wait 1200 a day, total?  That's 438,000 a year. Is that all? If so then this whole thing is just show a charade  the shinny object to keep our attention off the real goal, of establishing a tariff based economy to eliminate  personal income tax on multi millionaires perhaps? ??? Or a designed collapse of the economy in order to buy up cheaply all that the cash rich  billionaires and even  a trillionaire  may want.

[Neighbor]

56 minutes ago, Desopixi Seilynam said:

The Simpsons episode "Bart to the future" foreshadows that after a Trump presidency would be a female president and that the country would be broke.

 

[other one]

2 hours ago, Desopixi Seilynam said:

The Simpsons episode "Bart to the future" foreshadows that after a Trump presidency would be a female president and that the country would be broke.

The country is already broke, and deep in debt.

[missmuffet]

6 hours ago, Desopixi Seilynam said:

The Simpsons episode "Bart to the future" foreshadows that after a Trump presidency would be a female president and that the country would be broke.

If you are looking at the "Simpson's episodes" instead of the book of Revelation this world is in real trouble.

[Neighbor]

Hey, some really nice political news, Mexico and USA have reached a tariff avoiding solution.  Mexico will send 10,000 of it's military to the USA Mexico border. Plus I guess  Marco Rubio (I guess it was him) has done a good job at Panama. They are saying they will not renew their 2017 agreement (with  China) and are looking to see if they can end it sooner.

Now if Canada does something other than retaliate maybe  our Florida tourists from Canada will come spend money! Why if Canada does become a State and Greenland a territory I might  visit there without a passport.  Say what eh!

And for today maybe the DOW will quit retesting bottoms and move upward some.

 

[Neighbor]

4 hours ago, missmuffet said:

If you are looking at the "Simpson's episodes" instead of the book of Revelation this world is in real trouble.

Simpson episodes have a uncanny way  of playing out, later in the real world. Maybe some fizzle and that is not noticed, but the shear number that do hit very  close to the future  is most interesting.

[Anne2]

On 11/27/2024 at 7:12 AM, NConly said:

Well when Trump said he would tariff Mexico the next day Mexico said they stopped the caravan. Most big companies see the work force as its biggest problem. They are moving fast to replace as many people as possible. big farms is a good example while the put the small farmer and family farmer out of business the are doing it with machines. Just go to you tube to find all you want about machines replacing manpower.

Why would stopping illegal immigrants, and drug cartels and human trafficking have anything to do with Farms? Large or small?

Edited February 3 by Anne2

[Neighbor]

8 hours ago, other one said:

The country is already broke, and deep in debt.

But it has a big credit card, and now a crypto account. with speculation. If it can grow the economy on the back of Crypto mining it can carry th debt  without ever paying it off. 

And perhaps DOGE is going to really do a job on waste too. Course a lot of people are going tobe out of work as result, many however are stationed overseas where they are just a total drag not even buying groceries in the USA. Maybe they  will come home and pick produce?  Nah.