They'd be vomiting if they heard. Americans clearly lack the lobes for business.
this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2025
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There’s a Rule of Acquisition that says, “Tariffs are bad for business.” The very next rule says, “Tariffs are good for business.”
Tariffs are never good for business.
Smugglers would disagree.
I was just thinking about this. That 125% tariff on Chinese goods leaves a lot of room for profit if you can circumvent customs, and then undercut legitimate importers.
There's so much room for "creative" exports. Like Belarus suddenly "producing" oranges and shrimps for the Russian market when Russia forbade the importation of several food products from the EU.
Send goods to country with low tariffs, then send those goods to the US. Even with the extra shipping and cut the other country would get, it's cheaper than 100% + tariffs.
I like your lobes!
A wise man can hear profit in the wind.
Except for whoever is exempt from them.
the original one was, they nuked thier own planet?
I think it was "they irradiated their own planet!?" But basically yes, that was it.
And poisoning their own bodies with cigarettes.
I bet they'd be much more upset about the economic shock than they were about the radiation.
I wonder how many commenters wanted to throw themselves off the Tower of Commerce.
You wouldn't if you saw what they charge for usage, cleaning, maintenance, contacting next of kin, etc.
24th century Ferangi probably have very effective radiation treatment.
(Payable in eighteen easy installments.)
(none of which do anything...)
Well, they would applaud the very obvious pump and dump.
Is the extra R for Republicans?
In Star Trek they spell it difffeerreently.
When you're famous they let you do it. Just grab 'em by the speellling.