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I got into a massive argument last night with my buff but jerky neighbor-across-the-street who is a Trump supporter.
“We have a trade deficit!” he roared. “$375 billion alone with China! If you’re involved in a business deal, and you have to renegotiate that business deal, who do you hire? You hire the biggest asshole lawyer you can afford! And that’s Trump!”
“First of all,” I said, “trade deficits are not lost money in any sense of the word. They represent the value of currency, economic growth rates, investment rates etc as well as the balance of trade. You know what is a bad thing? The federal deficit. Which the asshole you voted for just increased by one trillion dollars thanks to those Republican-backed tax cuts. What are you gonna do with your $500 refund, Ken? Buy another 56-inch HD TV manufactured in China?”
Of course, I should have kept my mouth shut!
Because now I’m gonna have to wait to collect my mail until Ken has collected his mail since our mailboxes are in one big cluster by the side of the road.
Plus it was rude and aggressive, and it required the people witnessing the exchange to take sides – which is never a situation you want to put innocent bystanders in.
Some day, I’ll learn.
I just really fuckin' hate it when people who don't understand the slightest thing about macroeconomics think they do.
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In the meantime, it’s hot.
And the exchange with Ken has put me in an excessively bad mood.
And L and I are supposed to be taking the train into the city to see The Band’s Visit because I am a Tony Shalhoub fangirl, but now I don’t want to go because I’d rather sit in my room and sulk, only I have to go because the tickets were expensive.
“We have a trade deficit!” he roared. “$375 billion alone with China! If you’re involved in a business deal, and you have to renegotiate that business deal, who do you hire? You hire the biggest asshole lawyer you can afford! And that’s Trump!”
“First of all,” I said, “trade deficits are not lost money in any sense of the word. They represent the value of currency, economic growth rates, investment rates etc as well as the balance of trade. You know what is a bad thing? The federal deficit. Which the asshole you voted for just increased by one trillion dollars thanks to those Republican-backed tax cuts. What are you gonna do with your $500 refund, Ken? Buy another 56-inch HD TV manufactured in China?”
Of course, I should have kept my mouth shut!
Because now I’m gonna have to wait to collect my mail until Ken has collected his mail since our mailboxes are in one big cluster by the side of the road.
Plus it was rude and aggressive, and it required the people witnessing the exchange to take sides – which is never a situation you want to put innocent bystanders in.
Some day, I’ll learn.
I just really fuckin' hate it when people who don't understand the slightest thing about macroeconomics think they do.
###
In the meantime, it’s hot.
And the exchange with Ken has put me in an excessively bad mood.
And L and I are supposed to be taking the train into the city to see The Band’s Visit because I am a Tony Shalhoub fangirl, but now I don’t want to go because I’d rather sit in my room and sulk, only I have to go because the tickets were expensive.
