Tariffs DO Work - But Liberals Have To Stop CRYING (Proof inside)

[HuntersLaptop2028]

 

[baddog]

19 minutes ago, HuntersLaptop2028 said:

 

You have been seething to post this all morning. It took WWII to end the great depression. Nothing else had an effect. Roosevelt’s New Deal had very little effect. The tariffs didn’t cause the depression, they just couldn’t save it. You should talk to anyone who survived this terrible ordeal. You might even learn something real, not just headlines. Of course, you would probably thumb your nose at them since you disrespect the elderly so much.

[Big girl]

On 4/8/2025 at 11:49 AM, baddog said:

You have been seething to post this all morning. It took WWII to end the great depression. Nothing else had an effect. Roosevelt’s New Deal had very little effect. The tariffs didn’t cause the depression, they just couldn’t save it. You should talk to anyone who survived this terrible ordeal. You might even learn something real, not just headlines. Of course, you would probably thumb your nose at them since you disrespect the elderly so much.

Yeah right. Economists said that  they were one of the reasons that deepened the Great Depression.. Does this sound familiar

• Purpose:

  The act was designed to protect American farmers and manufacturers by making imported goods more expensive, thus encouraging consumers to buy domestically produced products.
• Impact:

  The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act raised tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods, significantly increasing the average tariff rate.
• Retaliation:

  Other countries retaliated with their own tariffs on American goods, leading to a decline in U.S. exports and a collapse of international trade.
• Consequences:

  The act is widely considered to have deepened the Great Depression by making it harder for American businesses to sell goods abroad and contributing to a global economic downturn.
• Criticism:

  Many economists and historians criticize the act as a policy misstep and a cautionary example of protectionism.
• Later Developments:

  The act was eventually followed by the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934, which sought to promote more liberal trade agreements. 

[UT alum]

On 4/8/2025 at 11:49 AM, baddog said:

You have been seething to post this all morning. It took WWII to end the great depression. Nothing else had an effect. Roosevelt’s New Deal had very little effect. The tariffs didn’t cause the depression, they just couldn’t save it. You should talk to anyone who survived this terrible ordeal. You might even learn something real, not just headlines. Of course, you would probably thumb your nose at them since you disrespect the elderly so much.

Anyone old enough to really remember the conditions are dead. Someone born in 1930 will turn 95 this year. Then you have to dis the guy about his perception of old people. Classy, dude.

[baddog]

34 minutes ago, UT alum said:

Anyone old enough to really remember the conditions are dead. Someone born in 1930 will turn 95 this year. Then you have to dis the guy about his perception of old people. Classy, dude.

Thanks for the math lesson. I should have said talked to someone who survived this. You don’t know anyone that old? People have to be that old to deserve the respect for their elders? I’m one generation from pit toilets. Forget toilet paper. My mom made some of their clothing from flour sacks. Ice trucks delivering ice. My grandfather had a job. It was much worse than I described for the country as a whole…..the dust bowl a major contributing factor. People like to post anything against republicans policies that didn’t work just for s gotcha moment. How childish. It didn’t work, but didn’t cause the depression. That’s all I said.

I am in the “elder” classification and have been poked fun at for being so on this board. Just think, without any elderly, none of you would exist. Something my parents taught me young in life….respect your elders. So nice try at calling me no class. It’s expected.

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[CardinalBacker]

3 hours ago, baddog said:

Thanks for the math lesson. I should have said talked to someone who survived this. You don’t know anyone that old? People have to be that old to deserve the respect for their elders? I’m one generation from pit toilets. Forget toilet paper. My mom made some of their clothing from flour sacks. Ice trucks delivering ice. My grandfather had a job. It was much worse than I described for the country as a whole…..the dust bowl a major contributing factor. People like to post anything against republicans policies that didn’t work just for s gotcha moment. How childish. It didn’t work, but didn’t cause the depression. That’s all I said.

I am in the “elder” classification and have been poked fun at for being so on this board. Just think, without any elderly, none of you would exist. Something my parents taught me young in life….respect your elders. So nice try at calling me no class. It’s expected.

We were so poor my mama cut the pockets out of my pants on Christmas Eve so I’d have something to play with on Christmas morning. 

[baddog]

18 minutes ago, CardinalBacker said:

We were so poor my mama cut the pockets out of my pants on Christmas Eve so I’d have something to play with on Christmas morning. 

Why doesn’t that surprise me?

[LumRaiderFan]

26 minutes ago, CardinalBacker said:

We were so poor my mama cut the pockets out of my pants on Christmas Eve so I’d have something to play with on Christmas morning. 

Bless your heart, just remember, it’s not important how small the gift, it’s the thought that counts.

[baddog]

I used to ask an old man I worked with what some things were like during the depression. I knew there were soup lines and I jokingly asked him if he ate possum during that time. He said s$&t, it would have been nice to have a possum to eat. There were no squirrels, rabbits, or possums because people had to kill what they ate if they wanted meat. I’m sure the deer population took a big hit as well, but I can’t speak to that.

To compare the Great Depression and a failed republican bill to add tariffs to Trump’s tariffs of today isn’t even comparable. 

[5GallonBucket]

5 hours ago, UT alum said:

Anyone old enough to really remember the conditions are dead. Someone born in 1930 will turn 95 this year. Then you have to dis the guy about his perception of old people. Classy, dude.

One of those people is my grandfather and he s still alive and lives with me.  Tells me all about