right.
China restricted rare earth export to Japan in 2012.
I thought after 7 years, US should have alternative source worked out.
25% tariff on goods coming in from Mexico announced
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right.
China restricted rare earth export to Japan in 2012.
I thought after 7 years, US should have alternative source worked out.
eh...should've hit back in kind (threat of retaliatory tariffs matching dollar/dollar)
no one predicted a Trump win i reckon
Mostly likely. The Mexico president, a self-claimed nationalist, is not someone to push around.
My taxes on my house are $16,000/year.... 1 in 11 households in my town house illegal immigrants.
Hopefully my taxes will stop rising.
Hopefully my taxes will stop rising.
I did, I sent a MAGA hat to a woman I was dating at the time before the election and even though we're not dating, I still send her one every year.
What the fuck do you live in, a gold plated mansion?
I think you may looking at the wrong problem. Assuming that 9% (i.e. 1 in 11) of your town's resource go to paying for services to illegal immigrants that is costing you approximately $1,454 per year. When Trump and the Republican Congress changed the tax laws so that you can only deduct a maximum of $10,000 on your IRS taxes, and assuming you are in the 24% tax bracket, that is costing you at least $1,440 per year (($16,000 - $10,000) * 24%). Plus several thousand more per year if you are in a higher than 24% tax bracket, or pay state income taxes for which you now have $0 deduction from the IRS since your $16,000 already exceeds the $10,000 limit.
The thing is, it's actually refining of available ores. The three global hot spots are U.S., China, and Africa -- we were actually shipping *our* ore to China for refinement.
In the meantime, there is now a fourth area -- the shallows of the South China Sea -- in areas controlled by Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines, and increasingly {but furthest from home} China. Whoa! Keep that in mind when we're arguing with Japan: right off their shores are very valuable, rather toxic, necessities.
