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It is also illegal to hire them. The fact that you focus on these people and not on their employers speaks libraries full of volumes. If Trump is really serious about stopping undocumented aliens all he has to do is devote lots more resources to prosecuting employers who violate the law by hiring them, And get new laws passed to make the penalties for doing so a lot more severe. Why don't Republicans focus on that?

That's true. Stock markets do rise and fall. And sometimes they fall really sharply. But what was different this time is that bond prices declined. Virtually always when the stock market crashes investor who cash out run to T-bills or similar US financial instruments. This time they fled them too and instead bought bonds from Japan. In other words, they had lost faith in US financial management.

Someone is desperatly trying to deflect. That someone being you. He said ":leave us alone". It's a valid question. Who is "us"? Who is he speaking for? And he's asking BLMfem to leave thailand? Because it's impossible to make comments on this forum from outside of Thailand? It is to laugh.

It would be better if there were a legal way for these people to come to work in the country. But if Republicans were sincere about enforcing immigration rules, just make it a very serious felony to hire undocumented aliens. And devote lots of resources to prosecuting those who violate that law. I haven't seen proposals for that from Trump. Maybe because he knows that his rural supporters depend on illegal labor. Over 50% of employees in the dairy industry are undocumented aliens. They should be easy to round up. Haven't seen any evidence that ICE is raiding dairies. They seem to be focusing their efforts on cities that favor Democrats.

"began to ease" So they didn't vanish? And what about supply chains?

Go ahead and make the case that a simultaneous decline in stocks and a sharp fall in the price of T-Bills isn't serious.

Nonsense. Supporting tariffs against China is not the same as supporting tariffs against virtually the entire rest of the world. And supporting some tariffs against China is not the same as supporting these high level of tariffs. And as my list showed, there are other ways of going after China.

And how long did it last? And what about supply chain disruptions and the other consequences of a world economy screwed up by the pandemic?

Funny how Trump supporters excuse Trump for the economic turmoil caused by Covid but somehow once Trump was out of office it became Biden's fault.

For some reason I wrote "tax cuts" when I meant to write "tariffs" Here's the link again https://archive.ph/sdqRf But the fact is it did bring about the building of semiconducting factories in the US. And it was a bipartisan backed bill. I've included a link to an article by Chris Miller a member of the politically conservative American Enterprise Institute and the author of Chip War: The Chips Act has been surprisingly successful so far More than halfway through its incentives spending, the US will have far greater scope to manage shocks https://archive.ph/sKSBs#selection-1401.0-1407.102 And just because you didn't mention other actions taken against China, doesn't mean that they aren't valid evidence that shows the Biden Administration taking a strong stance.

The report underscores the role undocumented workers play in paying into Social Security and Medicare benefit programs that they can’t draw from in retirement because of their immigration status. “The IRS has historically made clear to the undocumented immigrant population that their tax information is confidential and would not be used in such ways,” the report said. Tax compliance could fall among that group “if they become concerned that filing taxes could expose their personal contact information to law enforcement and be used to facilitate their deportation.” https://archive.ph/46qrH#selection-1931.0-1935.374

And this latest comment of yours shows why you weren't missed.

This addresses why these alleged malefactors have incurred Trump's wrath. President Trump on Wednesday signed executive orders punishing two officials from his first administration and an elite law firm, continuing a campaign of retribution that he has gleefully carried out since his inauguration. Two executive orders targeted Christopher Krebs, who as a senior cybersecurity official oversaw the securing of the 2020 presidential election, and Miles Taylor, who served as chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security during Mr. Trump’s first term and anonymously wrote a high-profile opinion article for The New York Times in 2018. Among other measures, the orders directed Pam Bondi, the attorney general, and Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, to investigate the former officials and report their findings to the White House. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/us/politics/trump-executive-orders-law-firm-krebs.html Among other things he's ordering criminal investigations of these 2 people even though there's no evidence that they have committed a crime. Unless you think calling out Trump for lying is a crime.

More nonsense from you. There is in fact plenty of evidence that BSE was caused by feed. After the government stopped the use of rendered feed, the incidence of BSE collapsed. The UK implemented the most stringent control measure - excluding animals >30 months old from the human and animal food supplies. It also included a ban on using meat from around the animals' spinal columns since prions affect the nervous system. The programs - along with bans in other countries - have prevented additional BSE outbreaks. https://www.cdc.gov/mad-cow/php/animal-health/index.html In response to the BSE epidemic, the British Government instituted a series of measures to minimize the risk of disease transmission among both animals and humans. These included a ban on feeding ruminant protein (ruminants are animals, such as cows, sheep and goats) to ruminants (1988), removal of some "high risk" materials (such as brain, spinal cord and intestines) from cattle at slaughter (1989 and 1995), and a ban on cattle over 30 months of age from being used for food (1996). Following institution of these measures, Great Britain has seen a decrease in the number of cattle with BSE from a peak incidence of 36,682 confirmed cases in 1992 to 1044 confirmed in 2002. https://www.fda.gov/vaccines-blood-biologics/safety-availability-biologics/bovine-spongiform-encephalopathy-bse-questions-and-answers

Another moronic NY Post article. No, Democrats aren't arguing a cheap illegal work force is necessary. They are in favor of a government program that allows these people to come in and get paid decent wages. It's the Republicans who want to keep it cheap and illegal.

So where's the link to the evidence from Fox News? Or are they Marxist Trump-haters too?

Sad. Jingthing comes so close to being an America lover. He loves Mom, apple pie, and Mom's apple pie. But because he doesn't love Donald Trump, that means he hates America.

15% of China's exports go to the USA. China will survive the loss. If the US doesn't back down. I don't think Americans voted for higher prices when they voted for Trump. I believe inflation was the main issue that put Trump over the top.

Why wouldn't Fox News have reported this?

I haven't seen anything in the news about 75 Nations reducing their tariffs to zero. You got a link for that?

Because it's definitely a virtue in a nurse not to avoid antagonizing a patient.

Good thing you're not a nurse. Don't think you would last long in that profession which is what this is about.

It's funny. Generally, the view on the right is that transgender people are mentally ill. So is it good nursing practice to provoke someone who is mentally ill rather than humor them?

More unproven allegations from you. Please share with us the hard evidence that Pelosi or her husband engaged in insider trading.

What tirade? Trump blinked. He reversed course. He acknowledged the seriousness of the situation. Why won't the same conditions that led to his reversal recur again in 90 days if he has insufficient success via his tariff threats?