RE: Make MAGA pay for the Wall Street
April 3, 2018 at 12:07 pm
(This post was last modified: April 3, 2018 at 12:07 pm by Brian37.)
(April 3, 2018 at 11:18 am)Tiberius Wrote: Trump said "Only fools, or worse, are saying that our money losing Post Office makes money with Amazon. THEY LOSE A FORTUNE, and this will be changed."
He's clearly trying to sell the idea that the Post Office does not make money with Amazon, he says that only fools believe otherwise. "THEY LOSE A FORTUNE" is said in the context of the previous statement. He's not mentioning potential revenue, he's talking about existing revenue and profits.
The facts are, that the post office legally cannot lose money with Amazon. They are in fact, making money with Amazon. They are not losing a fortune from their deal with Amazon.
I'm not convinced that Donald Trump of all people, has such a way with words that he's suddenly some expert in phrasing. His intentions were clear.
Also, losing money and "losing out" on money are two completely separate things. Trump said the former, not the latter.
(April 3, 2018 at 11:12 am)wallym Wrote: The example I gave earlier: If Lebron James signs a 1 year deal for 1 million dollars. Is he losing money with that deal? He's making 1 million dollars, but he could be making 30 million.
I don't think it'd be outlandish to say he'd have lost 29 million by signing that contract. Even though he's making 1 million.
He's not losing money, he's losing out on potential money. There's a difference. That 29 million wasn't his, so he didn't lose it.
As an aside, this reminds me when I was working as a dishwasher, the owners son who worked in the kitchen, STUPIDLY brought over a pan of biscuit gravy to my dish washing station and put it down. I automatically thought it was something to wash, because that is where you put dirty things. I dumped it out, and he shouted at me, "Why did you do that, you just cost me $75 dollars." And all I could think was two things. "Why the fuck did you put it here if you didn't want it thrown out?" and "Bullshit, that bag cost maybe 2 or 3 bucks at most to manufacture."
Ok so he had to replace that bag, so instead of making $75 dollars he only made $72. And can you imagine, the place didn't suddenly burst into flames.
