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Whats the Plan?
Well if you quote Trump, tariffs will result in gold for the citizens' bank accounts when in reality it will likely increase inflation, prices of almost everything, and any govt savings seen will go for tax cuts for the rich and this whole program may cause a recession. Who is affected in a recession? those with less money while the rich are not affected at all. Will this result in factories of 1800 or 1920 or 1960? who in their right mind that has billions to sink into building a factory in the US in the next couple of years anyway would even consider such activity? IMHO thisis the typical crap from the MAGA folks that believe every word from Trump. But, I respect the fact that your opinion is different from mine and I do wish you luck and hope you and Trump are correct as it would allow me to have hope for the future of the US. I did not like Biden ever, long before he was Pres, and I do not feel that Harris would even come close to being able to handle the job of president, and I also feel that Trump is way out of his league too. At my age, I am just an impotent bystander watching idiots playing politics with my government. -
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Another British Passport renewal help "needed post" - HELP!!
I hadn't thought about that. I just renewed by son's passport which is valid until January 2030. He'll be 15 when we renew it. Presumably he just gets another 5-year passport! -
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Trump Tariffs Threaten Samui's Tourist Influx
How wrong can you be? The EU has already agreed to 0 tariffs as have some Asian countries, china is being stubborn, and has 800 billion worth of USA bonds, that’s America s problem … and American can compete if they use robots in new factories -
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Thai Restaurant Sparks Outrage with Controversial 'Skinny Discount'
The kindest thing a someone can do to an overweight relative or friend, is to tell them, with kindness, that they are overweight. No, nobody wants to hear it, but the laws of the universe did not design us to be fat. Equally, they did not design us to be skinny, but that is not the problem with weight faced by most of the world. The problem is an abundance of usually, cheaply produced, Western Style junk food that tastes so good that it is difficult to resist. Kids are hooked on the stuff from an early age. You only have to look at the 7 11s in Thailand to see what is going on. The Buddhist fundamentalist lobby incessantly focuses on the dangers to kids from alcohol, but they only need to go to up country schools, even in Bangkok you can see it, the open sale outside schools of full fat sodas, cakes, ice creams sandwiches filled with sweetened junk and more from stalls that open only when the kids are available to poison. I came to live in Thailand in 1987. It was difficult to find an overweight person anywhere. Now, Thailand has the worst record on diabetes they 2 in ASEAN, and one of the worst in the world. I am not suggest that we shame people in the streets by calling them "Fatsos" but I do believe we are committing an act of extreme kindness to friends and family who are slowly but surely eating themselves to death by taking in a squalid, metabolic syndrome fatness induced diet by not being frank about this. Sugar is a highly addictive substance, otherwise food companies would not add it to their totally unhealthy food. As to the idea of the restaurant, I think it's an excellent one and has financial logic at its heart, fat people are likely to eat more than healthy ones, and therefore cost more to feed, at buffets for instance, it is only right that they should be asked to pay more. If it creates "fat Awareness", why not? The same as grossly overweight people should be charged for the (self induced) health problems they bring on themselves by being fat, and extra charges on airline seats, with discounts for lighter people. They use up less fuel and are therefore more "sustainable" for the planet. "Fat Awareness" rather than "Fat Shaming" is the way forward. If we are constructive over this issue with our friends and family and induce action that will lead to a longer and healthier life, we should not be classing this behaviour as "offensive", whatever the "fat lobby" say. On the contrary, we are saving lives!! -
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Thai Restaurant Sparks Outrage with Controversial 'Skinny Discount'
Should do this to decide who pays the sugar tax in the UK.
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