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bradymk2 said:
Stuff about withdrawing from nato that ive seen and allowing russia to do whatever
The impact on uk economy will be miniscule i think

Obviously domestic usa stuff is probably bad, but doesnt affect me
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Yes it does.
Rather a lot actually as a trading nation.

He has said he will put a huge tariff 60% on Chinese goods.
10% on everybody else.

Unfortunately he has always done what he said he was going to do, so no reason to think he won't this time.

The National Institute of Economic Research (been advising banks and government for 85 years apparently) says this will result in higher inflation weaker growth and higher interest rates in the UK.

So that's good news then.
 
SydneyTiger14 said:
You realise Roe v Wade was repealed in the US off the back of Trump stacking the Supreme Court and he'll have the opportunity to cement a super majority in this term? They'll wind back Obamacare which will have a direct impact on the elderly and infirm.
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Assuming this "concept of a plan" finds its way through the brainfog
 
Cityzen said:
What were Harris’s plans regarding the economy? Don’t know as she never mentioned economics.
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Expanding child tax credit providing a $6000 tax break for new parents and increasing the cap to $3600.

Expand medicare to cover those simultaneously being carers for their parents and their children.

Quadruple the corporate tax on stock buybacks.

A federal ban on price gauging.

Expand SSBCI to increase funding for rural businesses.

Raising minimum wage

Offer tax credits to companies that employ union workers

I mean there's more, but those were the ones she talked about all the time. Maybe you just didn't listen.
 
Steven Toast said:
Expanding child tax credit providing a $6000 tax break for new parents and increasing the cap to $3600.

Expand medicare to cover those simultaneously being carers for their parents and their children.

Quadruple the corporate tax on stock buybacks.

A federal ban on price gauging.

Expand SSBCI to increase funding for rural businesses.

Raising minimum wage

Offer tax credits to companies that employ union workers

I mean there's more, but those were the ones she talked about all the time. Maybe you just didn't listen.
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Calm down stop having a breakdown.
 
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Steven Toast said:
Expanding child tax credit providing a $6000 tax break for new parents and increasing the cap to $3600.

Expand medicare to cover those simultaneously being carers for their parents and their children.

Quadruple the corporate tax on stock buybacks.

A federal ban on price gauging.

Expand SSBCI to increase funding for rural businesses.

Raising minimum wage

Offer tax credits to companies that employ union workers

I mean there's more, but those were the ones she talked about all the time. Maybe you just didn't listen.
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Why haven't some of those happened over the last 4yrs? Surly she had some influence while Joe was asleep
 
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PLT said:
The Tories certainly helped. But Labour clearly made themselves more electable in exchange for being less principled, in a very deliberate way. You don't have to like or respect it, I don't necessarily, but I'm glad they did it in order to get in. It's the game politicians have to play now in order to get into power in the system we have.
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Labour got in because they lied before the election and they've continued to lie afterwards - Two Tier Tool won't last the full term
 
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SydneyTiger14 said:
Calm down stop having a breakdown.
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I mean, I'm not saying they are award winning policies either.

She'd have done a lot better had she taken a firmer stance on Israel and Ukraine and actually demonstrated how her policies were going to impact people.

She was up against "I'll fix everything, don't worry", concise and methodical explanations don't really work there. If the opposition is offering £50 in a card, you're not gonna get very far with socks.
 
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balkan tiger said:
I remember some of our products got roped in when he put tariffs on EU things but now we are out of that. Do we sell them stuff they could tariffs on?
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He's claimed he's going to apply a minimum 60% tariff on all US imports from China and 10-20% on all imports from everywhere else (which would presumably include us).

We export around £160b worth of goods to the US, considerably more than we import, so it would obviously have an impact. For the likes of Rolls Royce, Aston Martin, Land Rover and Jaguar, it would be an absolute disaster.
 
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Howdentiger2 said:
Why haven't she of those happened over the last 4yrs? Surly she had some influence while Joe was asleep
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Because contrary to popular belief, the VP doesn't actually have much influence on what the president does unless they're invited to. She did manage to get the insulin cap thing done, but she's at the mercy of whatever Biden wants to do and if that doesn't align, it isn't happening.

Like, the right kept claiming she was the "border tsar", a position that doesn't actually exist and she never actually had any remit over, yet she was blamed for the so called "border crisis".
 
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Chazz Rheinhold said:
Read Peter Hitchens for his thoughts on what went on in Ukraine
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I worked in the Ukraine for a while - corrupt country full of gangsters - I was even offered a commercial job there with Donetsk Steel - I politely turned it down because I wanted to live
 
Charon said:
Labour got in because they lied before the election and they've continued to lie afterwards - Two Tier Tool won't last the full term
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Labour got in because droves of disillusioned Tories switched to Reform. Labour's vote share was marginally up, but the actual vote numbers were over 500k less than voted for Corbyn, yet they won more than double the number of seats.
 
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There must be a reason for so many Americans to reject the Democrats - Harris was crushed.

Having no knowledge of what it’s s like to live in the US I can only assume the Democrats were royally ****ing up and any change was seen as a positive.
 
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