This Is What Happens When You Put An Idiot In Charge of a Complex System

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Another WLB fuck up coming home to roost.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/22/us/po...ss&emc=rss

WASHINGTON — A federal court ruled this month that a Montana insurer is entitled to federal compensation for subsidy payments under the Affordable Care Act that President Trump abruptly ended last October, a ruling that could reverberate through insurance markets and cost the government hundreds of millions of dollars.

At issue are payments for so-called cost-sharing reductions, discounts that enhance the value of health insurance policies purchased from the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces by reducing deductibles, co-payments and other out-of-pocket costs for low-income consumers. President Trump ended the payments in October, one of a series of executive actions intended to undo President Barack Obama’s signature domestic achievement.

Oh he's going to be MAD.  Not GLAD.  SAD.  Bigly BAD!

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And now we know for sure.  The Orange Turdfuhrer has no idea how tariffs work.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opini...story.html

Once the new tariffs are in place, Trump’s levies will apply to almost half the value of the products we buy from China.

Too bad the president doesn’t seem to understand who will pay these tariffs.

At an event earlier that day, Trump talked about the trade negotiations with Mexico and Canada, then said, “China is now paying us billions of dollars in tariffs, and hopefully we’ll be able to work something out.” That’s exactly backward. The tariffs Trump imposed on Chinese goods are paid by the businesses and consumers in this country that buy them.

In other words, the tariffs are a tax on our people, not theirs. The pain ultimately is borne by U.S. consumers, as businesses pass along the tariffs they pay on the Chinese components and metals they buy. Alternatively, when businesses shift to higher-priced U.S.-made components and metals to avoid the tariffs, their costs go up, and their prices follow.

His ignorance is bigly.  What a fucking shithead.

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And yet those who follow him are equally as ignorant because they just want to believe that he's doing good for this country. Message to repubes: Ignorance is bliss - until it hits you in the wallet and you realize what a piece of shit you voted into office.

Can't blame Obama or Clinton for this one, but I bet the attempt will be made to spin this so that it's the dems fault.

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I remind everyone that 3 of these countries used to be our allies before the Orange Shitgibbon began his reign of stupidity.

I guess this is one of the ways they say "FUCK YOU, YA CUNT!"

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-45634448

The remaining members in the Iranian nuclear deal say they will set up a new payment system to maintain business with Iran and bypass US sanctions.

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini announced the plan after talks at the UN with the remaining members of the accord - Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia.

Britain, France and Germany can't agree on Brexit but they can agree that The Orange Turdfuhrer is a fucking idiot.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/trump-m...-ceo-says/

Trump metals tariffs will cost Ford $1 billion in profits, CEO says

Well, Ford.  You fuckers supported him.  You could have had a competent president but nope.  You business criminals wanted the scumbag.

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Breathe deep, trumptards..... this will go  well with your black lung disease.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/30/clima...ss&emc=rss

Trump Administration Prepares a Major Weakening of Mercury Emissions Rules

The Trump administration has completed a detailed legal proposal to dramatically weaken a major environmental regulation covering mercury, a toxic chemical emitted from coal-burning power plants, according to a person who has seen the document but is not authorized to speak publicly about it.

The proposal would not eliminate the mercury regulation entirely, but it is designed to put in place the legal justification for the Trump administration to weaken it and several other pollution rules, while setting the stage for a possible full repeal of the rule.

Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist who is now the acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, is expected in the coming days to send the proposal to the White House for approval.

Poisoned by a fucktard and you got was a stupid fucking hat.

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Shithead.

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/trumps-...cord-high/

Trump’s China tariffs massively backfire as trade deficit smashes record high

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The beating goes on.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/15/us-budge...urges.html

America’s budget deficit jumps by 17% as spending surges

And now you can bet your asses that the republicunts will start screaming that medicare/medicaid and social security have to be cut because of the deficits they created paying off their scumbag donors.

Well, let's hope the dems retake congress so we can have a real shitstorm.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/china-s...trade-war/

China soybean imports set for biggest drop in 12 years amid Trump’s trade war

I hope Vorlon isn't plowing his crop under.  That would suck.

Almost as much as the Orange Shitgibbon sucks.

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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/us-firm...tages-fed/

US firms face tariff-fueled price hikes, widespread labor shortages: Fed

US firms nationwide complain trade disputes with China and others are boosting the prices of key inputs, while they continue to face widespread labor shortages, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday.

The ongoing difficulty in filling open positions at all skill levels and in every region is delaying projects in some cases, and pressuring firms to raise wages or benefits, or even employ robots to ramp up production, according to the Fed’s latest “beige book” survey of the economy.

Hey, dickheads.  You're the ones who voted for the WLB because you thought republicunts were "good for business."  Fuck you.