A recent post from a MAGA/Trump devotee that had been cut and pasted to his feed read, “Just a friendly reminder that these are the tariffs Canada applied to agricultural products before we entered a trade wars.” It went on to list things like “Chicken: 263%, Turkey:179%, etc.,… 25% doesn’t seem so excessive now, does it”
I explained to my friend that his post was misleading as it was using figures that only would be used when U.S. exports exceeded set quotas to prevent any dumping that might hurt domestic Canadian products. I also provided him a link to the Canadian government website where this was all explained. He ignored it all. His reply, “Oh well. It is probably close. Your site told me nothing.”
I again explained his mistake in greater detail and mentioned the key two elements, ‘Tariff Rate Quotas’ (TRQs) and ‘Over-Quota Tariffs. I told him that TRQs indicate an amount of product that can enter the country at low tariff rates (or, in the case of US dairy products to Canada, generally zero tariffs).
His reply was classic Evangelical Maga, “I really don't care about the Details. It's the trying to make America a Great Country again that I like. It it's 1,000,000 to 1, so what. Trying is what counts.”
This just shows you what we are up against. Logic is useless. Facts and details are meaningless. It’s like trying to argue with an expensive wall that didn’t work and Mexico never paid for. I think Grace Slick had the right idea.
When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's off with her head
Remember what the dormouse said
Feed your head
Feed your head
Time for coffee.
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