Yeah, I mean this sounds like rubbish to me. We are not getting ripped off by our allies. Sometimes it sounds to me like a guy like Cass is trying to sell us on the idea that the US is not a country with vast amounts of wealth...we are, it is just in the hands of the few and they want to keep rigging the system so that they just become fabulously wealthier.
If you combine the impact of the tariffs with the attempt to give $4.5 trillion in tax advantages to the richest 1% what we are seeing is the most grotesque raping of this country we have ever seen which will obliterate the working class...obliterate.
Right now, the tariffs they are predicting could raise the cost of living per person, per month by about $1000.00, give or take what your normal spending and costs are. That means a family of 4 could see their cost of living per month increase by nearly $4000.00 or $48,000.00 per year. Good luck asking your boss for a $48,000 a year raise to cover cost of living increases. You are much more likely to get handed a pink slip. In fact, the layoffs are coming.
At the same time, Trump wants to tariff pharmaceuticals and destroy Medicare...meaning much higher out of pocket expenses to remain healthy. The tariffs are forcing every business to charge more, while at the same time forcing them to look at cutbacks, meaning layoffs, and causing inflation to increase at a faster rate than ever. Trump says he does not give a shit about that nor the suffering people will go through. He says, now agreeing with Musk, you have to suffer.
He should have used that as his campaign slogan.
Trump claims this suffering will last at least a couple years, in reality, we are looking at a decade, Donny always fibs about this kind of thing and even after a decade of heavy tariffs, massive inflation, giant cost of living increases, companies going out of business, people losing jobs, the term "disposable income" becoming something that is no longer said...this idea that we will then rebuild our manufacturing industry and bring those jobs back is utter nonsense. Musk will tell you right up front, we don't need those workers, they will be replaced by technology and AI.
What a horrific bunch of bullshit these MAGA clowns were sold. Cass thinks we are getting ripped off by our allies? Wait until he sees how ripped off and broken the American people end up by Trump's tariff scheme, that was never even thought out.
What I see is this, the intent is to absolutely devastate this county. Bring it to it's knees and leave people that are not billionaires in a position where they are desperate and terrified and most Americans won't even know where their next meal is coming from.
This is the sickest most diseased garbage I have ever seen in this country.
