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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDid you hear the name of the Act that Trump proposes?
The Fair and Reciprocal Tariff Act. FART Act. This is from the Guardian, don't think it's a troll.
'It stinks': report of Trump's Fart Act blows through Washington
Leaked draft of a new bill reportedly suggests America abandons WTO rules and replaces them with an oddly-named new act
A report that Donald Trump is looking to walk away from the World Trade Organisation and instead adopt a United States Fair and Reciprocal Tariff Act, or Fart Act, has been greeted with loud amusement on Twitter.
Axios reported that it had received a leaked early draft of a bill ordered by the president, that would see America take the unlikely step of abandoning WTO rules, allowing Trump to raise tariffs without the consent of Congress.
The bill the existence of which has not been independently confirmed would be a dramatic shift in trade policy with wide-reaching impacts, but it was the name of the proposed bill that caught peoples attention.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/02/trump-fart-act-report-blows-through-washington
BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)their constituents, this will anger them even more.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,539 posts)Trump could shoot someone in the middle of Pennsylvania Avenue and not lose a single GOP congressional vote.
gordianot
(15,226 posts)gordianot
(15,226 posts)ROPE :Republicans Own Poor Economy. Just give them enough ROPE and they will hang themselves.
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)Take for example the Republicans being against abortion or birth control. They didnt really want it, but it won them elections.
Lets say dumb trump gets his way and abortion is illegal, it would take a long time of WTF before we ever realize normal again.
It happened in El Salvador, who we backed the right wing government. It takes a long time to recover if it even happens.
The best thing to do is fight them to the best of ones ability.
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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,112 posts)Trump is the Fart at the Meal. Boy it's a stinker.
Meadowoak
(5,517 posts)Throck
(2,520 posts)But stand upwind.
mopinko
(69,812 posts)rly?