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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: Banksy ✸✺🐝 HONORARY
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Subject: Trump’s Road to Socialism!...
Date: 12/09/25 9:42 AM
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Remember when our republican friends used to pretend to be free market, laissez-faire capitalists?
I'm glad they dropped that ridiculous act!

"Today the Trump administration is announcing a $12 billion welfare-bailout plan for farmers impacted by Trump's tariffs."
"In spite of Trump's claims that tariffs are the greatest, and trade wars are so easy to win, the economic backlash was easy to foresee."

"Trump’s tariffs are not only a new regressive tax for Americans, but a policy of directly picking winners and losers in the economy. The interests of steel workers,
for example, are being placed above the interest of consumers and farmers. This leads to the government using tax payer dollars to prop up farmers.
Of course this spending means that tax-paying consumers are hit yet again, with their tax dollars being used for this new welfare program."

"The result is an economy that increasingly replaces the market with state control."

"I would spend every waking minute of my life raging against these welfare state handouts...if Trump was a Democrat!" ~Marco000 former laissez-faire capitalist

reason.com - Trumps billion farm bailout is further proof that tariffs arent working

mises.org - Trumps road socialism
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