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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: jerryab ✺  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: $899
Date: 05/30/25 11:17 AM
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We are currently a country who has a war based on fentanyl and an invasion by Venezuela et al who have been "ripped off" by every nation in the world when it comes to trade.

The US is also the cause of a war in Mexico--because the US refuses to stop the illegal export of massive numbers of guns to Mexico.

Thus, Mexico has a valid and documentable cause to impose massive tariffs on the US for its failure to stop the flow of weapons to Mexico. The US *chooses* to do nothing. Being the cause of the deaths in Mexico is what this administration will never acknowledge--regardless of the validity of the claim.

Thus, both Mexico and China can legitimately require the US to stop its own war-causing activities if the US wants them to stop their drug trade. Catch-22.
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