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re: GEOTUS raises tariffs from 10% to 15%
Posted on 2/22/26 at 6:55 pm to lsugolf1105
Posted on 2/22/26 at 6:55 pm to lsugolf1105
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I guess you are right. Thinking I was going to get something consistent out of trump was not sound judgment ??. And thinking he wouldn’t go to extreme measures, even outside of his authority, to impose tariffs was a bit naive.
I can respect someone owning up to poor judgment. That at least shows intellectual integrity. But I have far more respect for the most die-hard MAGA poster on this board than for anyone who voted for him after eight straight years of receipts and is now pretending to be stunned. The man governed through tariffs, executive muscle, and norm-stretching the first time. He campaigned on doing it bigger the second time. He literally advertised aggressive, across-the-board tariffs and broad use of executive authority.
If you supported his agenda because you liked the posture or thought it would hurt someone else more than you, fine. Own it. But acting shocked now is revisionism.
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Posted on 2/22/26 at 7:05 pm to northshorebamaman
To be clear, voting for Harris wasn’t really happening for me. Abortion, immigration, lower taxes, conservative judges are big issues for me.
Just wish I could get some consistency from Donald! I hate waking up to a possible tweet negatively affecting my business lol
Just wish I could get some consistency from Donald! I hate waking up to a possible tweet negatively affecting my business lol
Posted on 2/22/26 at 7:17 pm to lsugolf1105
“Who do you think absorbed that hit? I didn’t pass it on to the customer. I ate it. And I didn’t magically get an 25% discount from the supplier. And now the Supreme Court says that the government didn’t have the authority to impose that tariff? You think I shouldn’t want a refund?”
Asked and answered. And then got ridiculed by your Mensa buddy because $4000 and some verbiage in your quotes and contracts could have fixed a $500k frick up on your part but he and you seem to think this is voo doo magic
I don’t think you should get a refund. I think you are running a company in a reactionary fashion and everybody in the supply chain covered themselves except you
I think this makes you a sucker who got what he deserves.
But I can see why after voting 3 times for Trump you’d be pissed at him because you fricked up. Because it’s always easier to be pissed at somebody else than to look in the mirror t your mistakes
Asked and answered. And then got ridiculed by your Mensa buddy because $4000 and some verbiage in your quotes and contracts could have fixed a $500k frick up on your part but he and you seem to think this is voo doo magic
I don’t think you should get a refund. I think you are running a company in a reactionary fashion and everybody in the supply chain covered themselves except you
I think this makes you a sucker who got what he deserves.
But I can see why after voting 3 times for Trump you’d be pissed at him because you fricked up. Because it’s always easier to be pissed at somebody else than to look in the mirror t your mistakes
This post was edited on 2/22/26 at 7:19 pm
Posted on 2/22/26 at 7:18 pm to lsugolf1105
That’s fine. In a two-party system you’re always doing triage. If abortion, immigration, taxes, and judges were higher on your priority list than the risk of sweeping tariffs and aggressive executive action, that’s a defensible weighting of values. People rank tradeoffs differently.
But let’s not memory-hole the earlier argument. You explicitly cited high tariffs as a reason you supported him. The appeal was that they would pressure competitors and protect your lane. The only thing that seems to have changed is proximity. It’s less attractive when the blast radius includes you.
And that’s the structural flaw of our system. You don’t get to draft a bespoke candidate with your preferred planks stitched together. You pick a coalition package. That package includes policy you like, policy you tolerate, and policy that may eventually cost you.
Consistency was never the product being sold. He governed by impulse and executive leverage the first time, and he campaigned on doing it more expansively the second time. Wishing for predictability now is understandable on a human level, especially if your business is exposed. But it was always part of the risk profile.
But let’s not memory-hole the earlier argument. You explicitly cited high tariffs as a reason you supported him. The appeal was that they would pressure competitors and protect your lane. The only thing that seems to have changed is proximity. It’s less attractive when the blast radius includes you.
And that’s the structural flaw of our system. You don’t get to draft a bespoke candidate with your preferred planks stitched together. You pick a coalition package. That package includes policy you like, policy you tolerate, and policy that may eventually cost you.
Consistency was never the product being sold. He governed by impulse and executive leverage the first time, and he campaigned on doing it more expansively the second time. Wishing for predictability now is understandable on a human level, especially if your business is exposed. But it was always part of the risk profile.
Posted on 2/22/26 at 7:25 pm to northshorebamaman
Consistency was never the product being sold. He governed by impulse and executive leverage the first time, and he campaigned on doing it more expansively the second time. Wishing for predictability now is understandable on a human level, especially if your business is exposed. But it was always part of the risk profile.
Not preparing and putting measures in place in a business subject to imports (which will be affected by tariffs) to deal with tariff uncertainty after the man campaigned on doing it more extensively……. And then complaining about getting run over within the supply chain being tariffed…..is the height of incompetence.
Not preparing and putting measures in place in a business subject to imports (which will be affected by tariffs) to deal with tariff uncertainty after the man campaigned on doing it more extensively……. And then complaining about getting run over within the supply chain being tariffed…..is the height of incompetence.
Posted on 2/22/26 at 7:31 pm to jammajin
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Not preparing and putting measures in place in a business subject to imports (which will be affected by tariffs) to deal with tariff uncertainty after the man campaigned on doing it more extensively……. And then complaining about getting run over within the supply chain being tariffed…..is the height of incompetence.
Why the frick would I not complain about paying for an unauthorized tariff?
Posted on 2/22/26 at 7:34 pm to jammajin
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don’t think you should get a refund.
So you wouldn’t seek a refund if you paid $15M in unauthorized tariffs?
Posted on 2/22/26 at 7:49 pm to lsugolf1105
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So you wouldn’t seek a refund if you paid $15M in unauthorized tariffs?
No
Posted on 2/22/26 at 8:21 pm to hogcard1964
Why not?
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