floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoDonald Trump says 'nasty' Canada 'meant to be 51st state'www.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkDonald Trump says 'nasty' Canada 'meant to be 51st state'www.newsweek.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square85fedilinkfile-text
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/40942039 Ladies and gentlemen, the dumbest person on the planet, Donald Trump.
minus-squareCaptnNMorgan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoThat makes zero sense. How do they benefit by selling and manufacturing cars in other countries, if not by making money?
minus-square60d@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoWeird, right? So people make money while working for Ford, for example. Ford the automaker gets paid and makes “profit” in Murca. Profit goes to the 1%. The 1% contributes nothing to the economy by dodging taxes and securing a greater share of the overall wallet in Murca. This causes inflation because there’s less money circulating. Huh. It’s almost like the profits do nothing, despite what Reagan told you.
minus-squareCaptnNMorgan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoAnd profit going to the 1% isn’t bad because…?
That makes zero sense. How do they benefit by selling and manufacturing cars in other countries, if not by making money?
Weird, right? So people make money while working for Ford, for example.
Ford the automaker gets paid and makes “profit” in Murca.
Profit goes to the 1%. The 1% contributes nothing to the economy by dodging taxes and securing a greater share of the overall wallet in Murca.
This causes inflation because there’s less money circulating. Huh. It’s almost like the profits do nothing, despite what Reagan told you.
And profit going to the 1% isn’t bad because…?