Can the 2A forum impose a tariff on members who use the site far more than others, but who don't provide anything of value?   Sounds like a textbook example of an 'imbalance" which needs corrective action.

Classifieds excluded, or course.

Bro, don't tariff my goalpost moving business.  Even though I do not sell the actual goalpost.  But just move the existing one that someone else either made in the US or brought in from another country.

With regard to the college shooting in Florida today, Trump says he won't be pushing for more gun laws.

Info: Shooter was 20 and a child of a sheriff.  Reports sounds like he stole 1 of his parents gun to use.

With regard to the college shooting in Florida today, Trump says he won't be pushing for more gun laws.

Info: Shooter was 20 and a child of a sheriff.  Reports sounds like he stole 1 of his parents gun to use.

If it was one of us we would get the book thrown at us, thrown in jail, and key thrown away.

Wonder what his deputy sheriff mommy will get.

Just guess.  You'd probably be right.

If it was one of us we would get the book thrown at us, thrown in jail, and key thrown away.

Wonder what his deputy sheriff mommy will get.

Just guess.  You'd probably be right.

I'll bet theres a law enforcement exclusion for any type of law that would affect if she were a normal citizen.

I'll bet theres a law enforcement exclusion for any type of law that would affect if she were a normal citizen.

Qualified immunity is a perk when facing legal troubles.

I figured out that's why a certain member here uses so many qualifiers --
to give himself qualified immunity whenever his comments are challenged. 

More good news from the Trump White House.
Tuna fishing areas will be opened up again for Hawaii and Samoa fishing fleets.
What a shame this did not make the local news.
Oh well I understand how the news is biased against the orange man.

The wife just told me the story made the 10pm news.

I wasn't sure Dr. Oz would be a good choice by Trump, but...

Per press conference

"SHOCKER: Dr. Oz just EXPOSED the jaw-dropping fraud bleeding America’s healthcare system dry—and says a war room is now hunting down the abusers.
The examples he laid out? Absolutely mind-blowing.
Every single one is a bombshell:
“Almost a quarter million people, American citizens were fraudulently enrolled, without their knowledge, in exchange programs by brokers.”
“Tens of millions of dollars… are being spent on illegal immigrants receive Medicaid in California and pushing the bill to us.”
“We are spending about a billion dollars on Medicaid programs for dual state eligible patients… we’re paying all three states for services you’re not getting because you don’t live in three states all at once.”
And it gets even more outrageous.
Medicaid dollars are being funneled into non-medical perks:
“Public labor unions are getting childcare through some of this money—Housekeeping! I wish I could get that for my home.”
“There’s a big problem with student loan repayments taking place with Medicaid dollars. That’s not where it should be used.”
“And we are paying for DEI programs.”
Dr. Oz says enough is enough.
“We have created a war room at CMS to go after, to catch the fraud in real time before the money leaves the federal coffers.”
This isn’t a reform. It’s a reckoning."

Absolutely idiotic. Someone did not take econ or probably failed the fuck out of it by comparing a business to a consumer in regards to tariffs. Just stop already. So fucking stupid. eyeeatingfish is a special type of stupid. Stop arguing 1+1= infinity. Fucking clown, midget pron show gone horribly wrong.

Don't mince words anymore, tell me how you really feel.

Can the 2A forum impose a tariff on members who use the site far more than others, but who don't provide anything of value?   Sounds like a textbook example of an 'imbalance" which needs corrective action.

Classifieds excluded, or course.

Sure, charge me 200% more than all the other users are charged 

You post 8.6 posts per day. I post 2.3 posts per day. Your tariff is going to be a lot higher than mine.

Since when did McDonald's and EEF become countries?  Point of fact:  if McDonald's pays a tariff on supplies and/or food products imported from other countries, then EEF would, in fact, be paying McDonald's the same tariff percentage.

Tariff
A list or system of duties imposed by a government on imported or exported goods.

Do you consider McDonald's drive-thru to be a port?  Is that where they export their goods to customers?

Time to Educate EEF again.

There's a massive difference between wholesale, retail, and consumer purchases. 

McDonald's is a retailer.  They buy their inventory wholesale.  Some of that inventory may be imported from Mexico, Canada, etc.  if the US imposes a tariff on imported beef, then the distributor who sells that beef to McDonald's paid that tariff.  The price McDonald's paid for that imported beef was, in fact, higher because they in turn pay the importer the tariff fee. 

When EEF goes to McDonald's and orders his 4 Big Macs for lunch, he's paying the tariff on imported Canadian beef. 

Tariffs are nothing more than another tax with regards to who ultimately pays it.  So, yes, EEF is paying the tariff on Canadian beef at McDonald's, not because he eats more Big Macs than McDonald's buys whatever EEF sells for a profit, but because trade tariffs are ultimately paid by the consumer/end user.  That's how taxes and any other cost a company must pay the government works.

Mcdonalds was a simple example to illustrate how buying and selling between two parties aren't going to equal out all the time. I guess that was still too complex for you to understand?

Lets try a simpler example
Country A has a lot of wheat which they sell to country B. Country B has a lot of oil they sell to country C. Country C has a lot of iron ore that they sell to Country A. Country A might have a deficit with Country C but they have a surplus with country B and things balance out in the market with all the countries. Each country doesn't have to have a perfect balance of trade with each other country.
Trump has this false notion that our imports and exports have to be equal with each individual country.

Mcdonalds was a simple example to illustrate how buying and selling between two parties aren't going to equal out all the time. I guess that was still too complex for you to understand?

Lets try a simpler example
Country A has a lot of wheat which they sell to country B. Country B has a lot of oil they sell to country C. Country C has a lot of iron ore that they sell to Country A. Country A might have a deficit with Country C but they have a surplus with country B and things balance out in the market with all the countries. Each country doesn't have to have a perfect balance of trade with each other country.
Trump has this false notion that our imports and exports have to be equal with each individual country.

Or your McDonalds was another bad example like usual.

Sure, charge me 200% more than all the other users are charged 

You post 8.6 posts per day. I post 2.3 posts per day. Your tariff is going to be a lot higher than mine.

With the exception of when i try to correct your BS and get drawn into a stupid argument over word definitions, the majority of my posts contribute to the forum in a constructive, informative and interesting way -- at least that's the objective.

You spend nearly all your posts arguing over what others posted. 

You spend nearly all your posts arguing over what others posted.

And moving goal post.

Another win!   

Employers added 177,000 jobs in April,
topping analyst forecasts

Employers across the U.S. added 177,000 jobs in April, new federal data shows,
a sign the labor market is still humming despite ongoing economic uncertainty
caused by the Trump administration's trade policies.

Job growth was stronger than expected in April, the Labor Department said Friday
in its monthly employment report. Payroll gains exceeded economist forecasts of
135,000 last month, according to financial data firm FactSet.

The nation's unemployment rate held steady at 4.2%, matching forecasts from
analysts polled by FactSet.

The data suggests the labor market remains healthy despite rising concerns about
how the Trump administration's tariff policies will impact economic activity.

Carl Weinberg, chief economist with High Frequency Economics, said in a research
note that the stronger-than-expected pace of job-creation last month shows the risks
of a recession are low, at least for now.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jobs-report-today-april-2025-economy-tariffs-trump/

With the exception of when i try to correct your BS and get drawn into a stupid argument over word definitions, the majority of my posts contribute to the forum in a constructive, informative and interesting way -- at least that's the objective.

You keep telling yourself that.

SCOTUS ruled to support the ban on tranny's from the military.

You keep telling yourself that.

He's correct. I don't reply in detail to your post anymore due to not wasting my time. Nothing I post to show you're wrong again will change your mind or get you to admit you're wrong.  Flapp has more time than I do.

He's correct. I don't reply in detail to your post anymore due to not wasting my time. Nothing I post to show you're wrong again will change your mind or get you to admit you're wrong.  Flapp has more time than I do.

He has more time than you do which is why you jump in as his attack dog for him all the time? You don't reply in detail because your arguments are empty.

He has more time than you do which is why you jump in as his attack dog for him all the time? You don't reply in detail because your arguments are empty.

Keep thinking that as I know it makes you feel justified. Thanks for playing.