Recent content by Wheels

Just as a guess from the photo with the gorillas. My guess is the gorillas were probably crop raiders and the owners of the crops dealt with the problem and it has nothing to do with sport hunting.

That would be unfortunate for both countries.

The tariffs from Trumps first term really didn't have an affect on consumers. Most nations ate the tariffs by devaluing their currency. Will that work this time. We will have to wait and see.

VAT is not a barrier to entry for the consuming country which is levying the VAT on everything from everywhere. On a country to country basis, VAT is definitely a barrier to entry. In the Poland/America scenario it is a barrier of $16k in Polish government taxes that America doesn't require...

Trump's primary goal with tariffs is to bring manufacturing back to America and help build back the middle class which has been gutted the past 40 years. Since Trump took office there has been a commitment of apx. $3T in new investment. This will obviously take years to play out but seems to...

I see you just joined today and have already jumped into the fray. Welcome to AH! 1. The amount of illegals and drugs caught entering from Canada is miniscule. That's not necessarily indicative of the number that was crossing a basically unsecured border. More people on America's terrorist...

Ultimately the consumer pays all taxes whether directly in the case of VAT or indirectly in the case of tariffs. They amount to the exact same thing. Income to the government coffers. The two are conflated. It just depends on how the government chooses to collect. It is easy to get into...

I was confused initially at your post then realized you are quoting my post from 6+ years ago. Trump had been in office for 2.5 years and the negotiations had been ongoing between Navarro/Lighthizer and Freeland. Regarding your last sentence, "What do you call someone who signs a deal and...

I have done it before but happy to do it one more time. You live in Poland so lets use America and Poland. (My figures are from a cursory glance at the internet) Lets say America has a $50k car they want to sell in Poland and Poland has a $50k car they want to sell in America. Poland has a 10%...

I agree with you that America's protection of Europe post WWII was in America's self interest. The Marshall Plan and other economic subsidies in their various forms, at least initially were in America's self interest to help get Western Europe back on their feet. No healthy relationship should...

You can call me what you like. I am only explaining what the American voters decided in November. On the international stage the voters decided not to be in continual wars and not to be taken advantage of by other countries. It doesn't matter if those countries consider themselves to be a...

For the past 80 years America has provided military protection for Europe and Europe has not come close to paying for the cost. For the past 80 years Europe has excluded American products with tariffs, VAT, etc. This is not close to benefits flowing both ways in any form of equality...

So you are saying, America's friends are only countries that have a parasitic relationship with America, and those countries will no longer be friends when the benefits stop. Interesting definition of friendship.

Which is continuing the war. Which the American people voted against.

America had less than $1T of debt when Reagan started rearming. It now has over $36T in debt. Last years interest expense was over $1T. America is broke. As is Europe. America voted to fix it's internal issues and step back from being the worlds policeman. Europe wants to continue the war...