Tyson Page @tmpage

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Tyson Page @tmpage

4 months ago

@Roberta18449295 @NWSSacramento Climate is weather over a long period of time. NWS is using the term correctly. cli·mate /ˈklīmət/ noun 11.  the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period.

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Tyson Page @tmpage

8 months ago

The full video makes it clear that Reagan hated tariffs.

Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute @RonaldReagan

8 months ago

Listen to President Reagan's unedited remarks here: youtube.com/watch?v=5t5QK0…

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Tyson Page @tmpage

9 months ago

31 USC 5114(b) "Only the portrait of a deceased individual may appear on United States currency and securities."

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Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar

9 months ago

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. —President John F. Kennedy

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Tyson Page @tmpage

9 months ago

"Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom – and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech." — Benjamin Franklin

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Tyson Page @tmpage

9 months ago

“Anger rests in the bosom of fools.” Ecclesiastes 7:9

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Shayan Sardarizadeh @Shayan86

a year ago

I find this quite astonishing. Users on X and journalists correctly point out that President Trump's administration has calculated the tariffs slapped on countries worldwide on the basis of the trade deficit in goods with each country (exports - imports) divided by imports from that country, which most economists seem to think is an odd way to calculate tariffs. Kush Desai, the White House deputy press secretary, attempts to reject and refute that by posting this tweet, saying "we literally calculated tariff and non tariff barriers". To prove that X users and journalists are wrong, Kush Desai shares this formula from the US Treasury website. But the Treasury's formula precisely shows that the tariffs are based on the trade deficit in goods divided by imports from each country. ∆τᵢ = (x-m) / (ε x φ x m) The formula includes "x" for exports and "m" for imports. But it also has "ε" for "price elasticity of import demand", set at 4 by the Treasury; multiplied by "φ" for "elasticity of import prices", set at 0.25 by the Treasury, which means they basically cancel out each other as 4 x 0.25 = 1. So, in effect, all you're left with in the formula is exports - imports / imports, which is what X users and journalists had accurately pointed out all along. x (exports) - m (imports) / ε (4) x φ (1/4) x m (imports) In case there is another calculation that we're missing, in which case the White House should point us to them, I fail to see how the White House has "calculated tariff and non-tariff barriers" for each country. Source: ustr.gov/issue-areas/re…

Kush Desai @KushDesai47

a year ago

No we literally calculated tariff and non tariff barriers. ustr.gov/issue-areas/re…

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James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki

a year ago

This is truly amazing. The Deputy White House Press Secretary is claiming that I'm wrong, and that the "tariff rates" on Trump's chart were calculated by "literally" measuring every country's tariffs and non-tariff trade barriers. To prove it, he screenshots the formula the USTR says was used to calculate the reciprocal tariffs we imposed on other countries. And when you back out the Greek symbols, what is that formula? Trade deficit/imports - exactly what I said it was. I don't know if the Deputy Press Secretary was misinformed, or is just being misleading. Either way, the Trump administration did not "literally calculate tariff and non tariff barriers" to determine the tariff rates it's imposing on other countries. As I said, it divided our trade deficit with a country by our imports with that country, and then multiplied by 0.5 (because Trump was being "lenient"). Oh, and if our trade deficit/imports with a country is less than 10%, or we have a trade surplus with a country, Trump slapped a flat 10% tariff on that country.

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People for Liberty @people4liberty

3 years ago

“The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.” Thomas Jefferson April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826