Trump Destroys US Lobster Industry
So much winning. Trump’s idiotic tariffs have now claimed another victim – the US lobster industry. As we all know, China has been retaliating against US tariffs. One of China’s targets? US lobsters. They’ve slapped a 40% tariff on live lobsters and 35% on processed. 
Overnight, lobster prices plunged over 30% and are still falling. China is buying all of it’s lobster now from Canadian lobstermen. What was going to be a great year for this industry has now been destroyed. For nothing but Trump’s narcissism.
You can bet that most of the people who work on lobster boats are Trumpists. Over 44% of Maine’s 2016 vote went to Trump and he received 1 of the state’s 4 electoral votes. Now these Trumpists are paying the price for their vote.
There is a place for anger, and THIS is it.
The problem with Cons, the reason that this is a never ending phenomenon, is people’s never ending need to believe they can’t be wronged by people they believe in. Good money after bad is a thing, and so is bankruptcy…
1I had lunch with a friend yesterday who reminded me that right after Trump’s “election” I had said that if this is what the people want, they deserve everything that happens to them. Looks like I was right…
2This is what Con man rely on, the gullibility of voters. ” I can fix it” never believe anyone who says that. No-one can fix “that”. trump’s ego is so needy that the lies are never going to stop. If it doesn’t work he blames President Obama, or the Democrats. Despite the fact that the republicans control both houses. I remember when Comey said not impeachment, we voted him in we ( well not me ) need to vote him out. In other words we need to fix this ourselves. I just hope those who voted for him come around to the truth.
3Thoughts and prayers. No sympathy.
4The Democrats have a wonderful opportunity to crush the Republicans once and for all – by pointing out that the Republican Party is all about the 0.1%.
It’ll take some hard work – Republicans are very good at marketing their toxic ideas (“job-killing regulations”, “death tax”, etc.) It’ll also be hard to overcome the fear of “The Other” and the various culture war trigger points that have plagued our nation’s politics for so long. However, if we keep to a simple message of fairness for everyone, we can force the racists back under their rocks and save our country from Republican misrule.
5The retaliatory tariffs have been selective – they are going after products produced by tRump states. Very smart. However, they will believe it is Obama’s fault – or the brown people’s fault – or maybe gay marriage. They will wholeheartedly believe whatever he tells them. It’s a cult.
6Low IQ voters who support Trump are unable to see the cause and effect of tariffs/reduced profits/layoffs/poverty. In their minds one thing does not have anything to do with another.
7The business community, however, is starting to see the light and perhaps will turn on him come Fall.
maryelle, you are correct. Which is why Donnie and the snacilbupeR have been so effective in dividing the country with “hot button” issues that are or should be non issues. They appeal to religious wingnuts over LGBT rights and reproductive rights, although not one wingnut has ever been or will ever be forced into a same sex marriage or an abortion. Or, the craziness they’ve stirred on the immigration reform debate to which there are a couple of reasonable solutions; fair and logical immigration reform combined with fining the employers who violate the law. Crazy wars? Quit electing snacilbupeR who fail to do their elected duties such as updating the AUMF and have abrogated their war powers role.
8So I was driving home from shopping this morning, when I witnessed an accident with a bicyclist and a car.
I was stopped at a fairly busy stoplight, and I saw a bicyclist racing downhill towards the intersection, and all I could think was “force vector”. He was going maybe as fast as 30 mph, and there were cars lined up on both sides of the road I was on, perpendicular to the road he was on. By the time he passed out from behind the vehicles in front of me, a guy who was carefully crossing the other road with his car, on the opposite side of the line of cars blocking the rider’s and drivers view, ended up in the bicyclist’s way and impact occurred.
My point: The bicyclist may have been trying to beat a red light, and was clearly going dangerously fast, ended up hitting a car. That car driver will be tagged with this both in fines and guilt, despite playing by “the rules” of the road. I don’t know what the bicyclist was thinking, but it was likely something along the lines of “I’m in control”, ignoring traffic laws, and more importantly the laws of physics (he wasn’t able to stop unless he hit something, in less than 50′). 45’s voters are “I’m going to do what I wanna” people that don’t want to see the boundaries of safety (sanity?) that other people do. Unfortunately, they can and do take out themselves and others in the process…
9El Jefe:
You had had me at:
“Trump Destroys US”
10I’ve run out of s**** to give.
11on the plus side (for those of us who enjoy lobster), prices domestically should drop as well. the increase in domestic sales will somewhat offset the loss of sales to China, so there is that.
12And soybean prices have dropped precipitously. Yet apparently farmers are still hanging with Dotard45, who just tweeted (ie lied): “Farmers have been on a downward trend for 15 years. The price of soybeans has fallen 50% since 5 years before the Election. A big reason is bad (terrible) Trade Deals with other countries. They put on massive Tariffs and Barriers. Canada charges 275% on Dairy. Farmers will WIN!”
And here’s the truth:
https://www.factcheck.org/2018/07/trumps-specious-trade-tweets/#
Will farmers keep believing in him when they continue to lose $? (Note: my late uncle was a farmer – as was most of the family on my mom’s side – and hated GW Bush. I can’t imagine what he’d think about Dotard. Probably good that he’s gone. BTW, don’t smoke, my uncle died from emphysema, tied to an oxygen tank for years. Miss you!)
13The entire agriculture community has been bombed by Trump’s tariffs. This would include forestry. Any industry that relies on exporting a hefty percentage of their product is doomed under these tariffs. The other end of this is the American shopper, be it household shopping or buying at the industrial level. These tariffs have to go but that won’t happen with their author around, or the invertebrate Congress R’s. All right. You may have concluded that I am at least very Jeffersonian about agriculture and you would be spot on. Hey, I like to eat as much as anybody!
14Someone please explain how we can come up with billions for farm welfare and why one person can order it be distributed. I’ve asked; I’ve googled. I haven’t found an answer. Doesn’t each department have a budget?
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