Kicking off the BIGGEST, most BEAUTIFUL trade talks. SIX countries a week, EIGHTEEN total! Some will make incredible DEALS, others will go home EMPTY-HANDED. Only the best get America’s business! VERY EXCITING! Stay tuned!!! trump-feed

  • Keld [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
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    Sure that’s already indirectly a thing

    The point is not that the US isn’t extracting value from their client state, the point is that current US leadership is venal enough that they would desire a direct extraction of species.

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      Fair, but in my mind if we can consider a tax credit a form of government spending, getting someone else to pay for something you were doing is basically getting them to pay you.

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        Basically

        see there you go. Remember we are dealing with a ruling class who think getting industrial goods in return for an IOU is a rip off on behalf of the IOU writer. There is a layer of obfuscation between the money and the American government and that is why they’re mad currently. I am saying it is odd that they have not discovered that they can just ask for money directly by means of threats.