Kenneth Raposa
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It's very simple because the consumer is king. We have to be able to fill our garages, not with cars. We have to fill our garages with ski mobiles, canoes, children's play sets, toys no one uses, skis that have been known as used, 50,000 pairs of shoes. That's why they want you to buy all these things. No one buys like the United States. No one's ever going to be a consumer like the United States.
It's very simple because the consumer is king. We have to be able to fill our garages, not with cars. We have to fill our garages with ski mobiles, canoes, children's play sets, toys no one uses, skis that have been known as used, 50,000 pairs of shoes. That's why they want you to buy all these things. No one buys like the United States. No one's ever going to be a consumer like the United States.
It's very simple because the consumer is king. We have to be able to fill our garages, not with cars. We have to fill our garages with ski mobiles, canoes, children's play sets, toys no one uses, skis that have been known as used, 50,000 pairs of shoes. That's why they want you to buy all these things. No one buys like the United States. No one's ever going to be a consumer like the United States.
The average American consumer has a $6,000 revolving debt on their credit card. In the UK, I think it's $2,000. In Japan, it's zero. So, I mean, that's why they'd have a complaint. They wanted the United States. The United States is the free market. There is no other free market but the United States. Yeah, Singapore has zero tariffs. Okay. Singapore. Okay.
The average American consumer has a $6,000 revolving debt on their credit card. In the UK, I think it's $2,000. In Japan, it's zero. So, I mean, that's why they'd have a complaint. They wanted the United States. The United States is the free market. There is no other free market but the United States. Yeah, Singapore has zero tariffs. Okay. Singapore. Okay.
The average American consumer has a $6,000 revolving debt on their credit card. In the UK, I think it's $2,000. In Japan, it's zero. So, I mean, that's why they'd have a complaint. They wanted the United States. The United States is the free market. There is no other free market but the United States. Yeah, Singapore has zero tariffs. Okay. Singapore. Okay.
California is like... I mean, the Massachusetts economy is probably bigger than Singapore. So, I mean... You know, whatever. Good for them, right? So, you know, they never complained because they thought that as long as Americans could buy cheap goods in their shop until they drop, then Wall Street was fine with that. And of course, the Capitol Hill was fine with that.
California is like... I mean, the Massachusetts economy is probably bigger than Singapore. So, I mean... You know, whatever. Good for them, right? So, you know, they never complained because they thought that as long as Americans could buy cheap goods in their shop until they drop, then Wall Street was fine with that. And of course, the Capitol Hill was fine with that.
California is like... I mean, the Massachusetts economy is probably bigger than Singapore. So, I mean... You know, whatever. Good for them, right? So, you know, they never complained because they thought that as long as Americans could buy cheap goods in their shop until they drop, then Wall Street was fine with that. And of course, the Capitol Hill was fine with that.
And so, you know, but look, a happy consumer is a happy voter, you know, so maybe there's a connection. Or a happy voter, you know, but we have not always seen that though, have we? Because the consumer has been very happy for a long time.
And so, you know, but look, a happy consumer is a happy voter, you know, so maybe there's a connection. Or a happy voter, you know, but we have not always seen that though, have we? Because the consumer has been very happy for a long time.
And so, you know, but look, a happy consumer is a happy voter, you know, so maybe there's a connection. Or a happy voter, you know, but we have not always seen that though, have we? Because the consumer has been very happy for a long time.
You know, consumers have been very happy for a long time and there's been unrest in this country politically because of the, because of global trade, because of how that is set up and because politicians are not listening to what Americans are saying on that issue since the 1990s. Where we are today is because of that, you know?
You know, consumers have been very happy for a long time and there's been unrest in this country politically because of the, because of global trade, because of how that is set up and because politicians are not listening to what Americans are saying on that issue since the 1990s. Where we are today is because of that, you know?
You know, consumers have been very happy for a long time and there's been unrest in this country politically because of the, because of global trade, because of how that is set up and because politicians are not listening to what Americans are saying on that issue since the 1990s. Where we are today is because of that, you know?
You got Trump, and that has been his centerpiece argument for, you know, since 2016. He ran on trade.
You got Trump, and that has been his centerpiece argument for, you know, since 2016. He ran on trade.
You got Trump, and that has been his centerpiece argument for, you know, since 2016. He ran on trade.
Look, oh no, the Atlantic and the Democratic advocacy media was shocked by Trump. I mean, I don't even know what to say to that. Of course, he could literally come out and say, we found an alien race and they're going to cure cancer and they're friendly and here's their big spaceship and they're going to teach us how to travel at warp speed. And it would be like, what? These guys...
Look, oh no, the Atlantic and the Democratic advocacy media was shocked by Trump. I mean, I don't even know what to say to that. Of course, he could literally come out and say, we found an alien race and they're going to cure cancer and they're friendly and here's their big spaceship and they're going to teach us how to travel at warp speed. And it would be like, what? These guys...