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1. 5 days ago on Close to Home

   April fool

2. 11 days ago on Close to Home

   Retaliatory is even worse. If it used to cost $20/unit overseas and $30/unit in USA and a retaliatory tariff of $20/unit is put on overseas, then it now costs $40/unit and USA is cheaper at $30/unit. But USA manufacturers could say, "I can raise my price to $39, make more profit and still sell all I want, cause it’s cheaper than overseas.

   As the buyer of this stuff, it now costs $39 to buy what used to cost me $20. Again, I’m going to pass along that $19 to my customers ‘cause I can’t still make a profit and pay those higher prices. So in both cases, my USA consumers end up paying more. If you look at it a little differently, since I pay more, and the tariff money goes to the government, that really means I just got a federal tax added to the cost of the item I purchased.

3. 11 days ago on Close to Home

   At first blush, you’re right. It seems like it equalizes a local ($50/ton say) price with an overseas price ($30/ton). Add a $20/ton tariff and they’re equal! But if I can’t buy it at $30/ton any more, than my price to use it to make stuff just went up $20/ton. And so my steel widgets have to go up in price cause I can’t make a profit at my old price with the cost of steel so much higher.

4. 26 days ago on Loose Parts

   When they raise their arms they should also stand on tippy toes at the same time

5. 29 days ago on Monty

   Just needs to program Asimov’s three laws of robotics into him

6. about 1 month ago on Non Sequitur

   I think you and Heather Cox Richardson agree on that solution.

7. about 1 month ago on Herman

   Alas some younger people won’t get this at all. Unlimited text and talk for $$$. What do you mean bill daily? You mean charge a little bit each day like a subscription?

8. about 1 month ago on Non Sequitur

   You seem to be a student of macroeconomics. Recognizing that trickle-down economics does not work, what is the solution to improve the situation and to get us from where we are to where we need to be?

9. about 1 month ago on Calvin and Hobbes

   Wow. How prescient.

10. about 1 month ago on Arlo and Janis

    That’s the beauty of art. It sometimes can be interpreted in multiple ways and the artist leaves it up to the viewer to interpret.