Subj : Re: I watched the 'talk'
To   : Rob Mccart
From : Aaron Thomas
Date : Sat Mar 22 2025 08:01:55

 RM> AT>I'm convinced that everything Trump does is a good thing. I keep hearin
 RM>   >se warnings about him, but nothing he does ever seems to hurt.
 RM> 
 RM> You do realize that your stock market has lost about $4 Trillion
 RM> since the threat of Tariffs started..  ?  That is money out of the
 RM> pockets of anyone who has investments in the market and companies
 RM> are terrified to spend money on expansion since they are worried
 RM> they may be in a situation where they will be losing money for years.

Our previous president borrowed more than $3 trillion dollars and wasted every cent of it. The stock market crash, by comparison, isn't as bad. At least the investors knew ahead of time what they could be in for.

 RM>   > a survey that was taken on 10 Canadians from the streets of Vancouver.
 RM> 
 RM> That info came strictly from counting the drop in the number of cars
 RM> crossing the border and plane passengers heading to the USA compared
 RM> to this same time last year. And there have been Thousands of people
 RM> who have cancelled trips to the USA even when it cost them thousands
 RM> of dollars to walk away from a scheduled vacation in the USA.
 RM> Travel agencies say that trips they usually arrange have dropped by
 RM> over 40%.

Surveying the number of cars crossing the border seems like it's possible to do, but it's not a statistic that warrants a reaction from anybody, and "thousands of people cancelled trips to the USA" isn't surveyable information.

Another problem with this information is "Travel agencies.." Canadians don't need a travel agency to travel to the USA. The USA and Canada are so alike that there's just no reason for it. Maybe you'd go to a travel agency to plan a trip to Japan or something.

I'm not doubting you, I'm just doubting these sources. Statistics don't make me flinch.

 RM> There are American businesses near the border who say they are
 RM> looking at bankruptcy due to the drop in Canadian day trippers

Just keep an eye on 1 American business that's near the border. We might not be able to see them go bankrupt, but let's see if they stay afloat. (I think they will be fine.)

 RM> AT>I don't understand why they would act that way. I don't think anyone he
 RM>   >is refusing to buy Canadian stuff.
 RM> 
 RM> We are looking at this as an threatened economic attack that will
 RM> cost us over a million jobs and raise the prices on much that we
 RM> buy when we are already fighting inflation moving prices up faster
 RM> than wages have been moving.

The media has a way of triggering people into doing things. We should turn the tables on the media by not getting triggered, and maybe we can trigger them. ;)

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