"The biggest problem with education in the US is the educators. There is no getting past that. Record spending per pupil"

Too bad you know nothing about anything. Educators are buying school supplies because they don't have enough budget to run their classes. If you actually knew any teachers you wouldn't talk this ignorant shit. It's administration and consultants that are eating up all of the funding.

I wouldn't call that "supporting". He plays the game by donating to both sides, so that whoever wins, they see him as an ally. And in particular, Trump responds to obsequiousness. There is a perception that by giving money, businesses can curry favor. Not saying that doing so is a good thing, but it definitely should not be interpreted as evidence that the business leaders are necessarily in favor of Trump's policies.

Which explains bsky, what a bugfest.

Nothing triggers a capitalist douchebag who doesn't care about other people faster than hearing someone say that an economy should work for all its citizens, not only the privileged.

It might be, if demand weren't outstripping supply in most of the world.

As such, that's a truly crap pronouncement.

This is the age of AI-driven scarcity.

You're ignoring duress by society, of which both parties are a part, making it an inseparable party to the exchange.

Hahhaahahahhahaahhahahahahhahaha

What, you mean you're not convinced to grab the no-name alpha-release "privacy browser" that cripples yourself if you don't let them MITM you?

How can you have any flan if you won't eat your menudo?

It wasn't that hard - Netscape came on floppies, too.

To my mind, if you paid directly, you should be eligible for a refund directly.

Whether or not that will ever happen is anyone's guess, though we know what this "administration" (i.e. attack by a foreign power) will try to make happen.

The majority of tariffs were paid by businesses, and then consumers paid increased prices, not tariffs. You paid a tariff. You should be able to get a refund. Good luck!

I think Trump himself should have to make the tariff repayments until he's out of money, then the government can pick up where he was bankrupted. So basically the same plan, but more explicit :)

Costco claims they will give refunds, so we'll see what happens with that.

I can see how you would think that, if you were completely, utterly, totally, and in all other ways batshit insane. It's not possible for the government to do that, it would cost an absurd amount for the government to collect all of the information, calculate payments, and distribute them. Therefore the only thing government can do about it is refund the payments. It cannot even mandate that they be returned to buyers even when they can reasonably be identified because a) that will have costs for the businesses who actually paid them and b) the ability to charge whatever the market will bear is a basic tenet of capitalism. Also while we're here c) they don't even enforce existing regulations on price gouging.

There never were any such responsibilities and the US only ever wanted to be top dog so that it could shit on everyone else.

No, they aren't capable of imposing it on the world. It's easy to break things, it's much harder to repair them.