As Trump peddles his tariff tantrums as patriotism, consumers foot the bill while CEOs raise prices. It's time Democrats fight fire with three-word slogans that stick. "CONSUMERS PAY TARIFFS".
I was standing in line at Dollar Tree (which already are raising prices) a customer complained about prices and I replied yes we are the ones paying for these tariffs…Heads nodding others quiet…Speaking the truth feels good….
Juice last week 2.49 this week 4.69. People in mid west have dollar stores in just about every town and they depend on them because larger retailers like Walmart are about an hour away. Dollar stores merchandise comes mainly from China. People in red states will be boo hooing.
"I predict a single dollar bill won't be far behind at this rate."
When I was a kid we had Five and Dime stores all over here in NW Iowa. Every town had one. They all disappeared and were eventually replaced by all the various dollar stores. Now it looks like they will all become Five Dollar stores. When we had the Five and Dimes they were selling cheap stuff from Japan. Now it's China. I suppose it may be India that will be next up to bat.
I live in a small tiny town in NW IL. Everyone takes cash here. To use a credit card, unless you're at Walmart, or the gas station (our only grocery store) or another town that has larger stores, you're charged a 3% fee because they don't have the business where the CC won't charge them a fee. I always find it weird when people say they don't carry cash. We pay in cash, we tip in cash. 🤷♀️
They don't accept cash in many places in Europe. Want to ride Metro? Tap your credit card (or phone) on the gate to enter. (No ticket booths or machines where you buy tickets. That step is eliminated.) Tap and go. Tap your credit card again when you exit station. Simple direct pay system.
Kenyatta ran in the Pa primary along with Conor Lamb in 2022 for Pat Toomey’s seat in the US Senate. Needless to say I regret my primary choice of fetterman. I thought long and hard about who could win the seat, oh well…
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"TRUMP HATES US" "WE'VE BEEN HAD" "ETTD IS REAL" "TACO IS POISON" "STOP THE PARDONS" "NO MORE LIES" "WE PAY TARIFFS" "HE DUPED VOTERS" "OUR LAWS MATTER" "STOP KIDNAPPING US" "WE ARE PISSED" "STOP BEING STUPID" I have more but this is a start. KISS-Just 3 words.
"SOS USA SOS" "LIFE OR DEATH" "NO CRIMINAL POTUS" "MAGA IS DEATH" "IGNORANCE IS CURABLE" "DRAIN THE CONGRESS" "TREASON WON'T WORK" "NO MORE SEDITIONISTS" (yeah, big words suck as messages)
You're exactly right Michael Cohen! Tim Walz already knows this. He said stop being nice. Call him what he is. Tim Walz talks to real people. Everyday working class Americans. He cusses mildly like most Americans. People relate to him. People relate to AOC and Jasmine Crockett the same way. Democrats just need to speak plainly like real people. And call TACO a LIAR, a Convicted FELON, a CRIMINAL, a COWARD, and a CON MAN picking our pockets. Tariffs ARE taxes on Americans.
The picture of the maga hat with tag "made in China" should be blasted all over the Internet and on billboards, especially in maga country. Perhaps make the tag larger, made in china in red ink.
Michael, thank you! You've provided the who, what, where, and how. Clarity is the stone in the slingshot. Now, if only the Dems pick it up--aim at the head and let MAGATS have it.
btw: I don't recall anyone ever advertising that all of Dump's campaign crap is made in China. You're the first, as best I can recall. Once again, Sir, thank you.
Hey Michael Cohen. This is your best yet. Let's put our heads together and figure out a way to get these three word slogans out there, not just to people who read your posts!!! Can we all contribute to a fund to take out billboards across the country especially in TACO states???? Let's do something. I'm in.
Every single time I go to any store or gas station, I attach one of the nifty anti-chump tariff decals onto the product or the gasoline handle. I got these decals on-line; it just makes me feel better to do it. They're pretty funny too.
You are correct about the necessity to use the slogans. American voters seem to prefer slogans over details, anymore. TAT Tariffs are Taxes... I Agree 100%.
Fabulous piece, Michael. I love, "...the crystal ball turned to fog." I am part of a resistance group in my community in the Berkshires, MA, and we are having a protest at Town Hall in Great Barrington on June 14, 12-2. I have a megaphone and you bet I will be screaming, " Consumers pay taxes!" "We deserve better!" And, "Go fuck yourselves, Trump, Miller, and Vought!"
I'm hoping people are pissed enough to never vote gop again!! They may be out raising $$wise but voters will have the last word if we're even ALLOWED MIDTERMS!!
I was standing in line at Dollar Tree (which already are raising prices) a customer complained about prices and I replied yes we are the ones paying for these tariffs…Heads nodding others quiet…Speaking the truth feels good….
And we need to make people aware and not let ignorance continue about what is happening. Thank you for doing that.
Juice last week 2.49 this week 4.69. People in mid west have dollar stores in just about every town and they depend on them because larger retailers like Walmart are about an hour away. Dollar stores merchandise comes mainly from China. People in red states will be boo hooing.
Waah waah!! Don't wanna hear maggots whining! They voted for this!! Can't fix STUPID!!
Yeah Dollar Tree will hit the wall soon and everything will start at $5.
We are phasing out the US Penny, I predict a single dollar bill won't be far behind at this rate.
"I predict a single dollar bill won't be far behind at this rate."
When I was a kid we had Five and Dime stores all over here in NW Iowa. Every town had one. They all disappeared and were eventually replaced by all the various dollar stores. Now it looks like they will all become Five Dollar stores. When we had the Five and Dimes they were selling cheap stuff from Japan. Now it's China. I suppose it may be India that will be next up to bat.
Five Below stores will become Seven Below!
Or Ten Below
As for the single dollar bill not being Behind, well it may be more economical to wipe our backsides with them at this rate.
Yes. I am 76. I think as talking with my 53 yr old son
He said most places do not take cash anymore. I had a stroke and don't get out. I didn't know.
I live in a small tiny town in NW IL. Everyone takes cash here. To use a credit card, unless you're at Walmart, or the gas station (our only grocery store) or another town that has larger stores, you're charged a 3% fee because they don't have the business where the CC won't charge them a fee. I always find it weird when people say they don't carry cash. We pay in cash, we tip in cash. 🤷♀️
They don't accept cash in many places in Europe. Want to ride Metro? Tap your credit card (or phone) on the gate to enter. (No ticket booths or machines where you buy tickets. That step is eliminated.) Tap and go. Tap your credit card again when you exit station. Simple direct pay system.
Well, since I'm not in Europe, I'm not worried how Europe does it. Thanks for the info though.
Just commenting on a trend. I'm not 'worried'
either.
It is all moving so fast now, isn't it? Take care, Marlene.
Agree! We need 3 word talking points. Not this long winded BS that the dems keep trying to put up on Twitter.
How about
TARIFFS ARE TAXES
AMERICANS PAY TARIFFS
Consumers is a pretty big word!
BIG BAD BILL
TACO
ICE = NAZIS
UKRAINE HAS THE CARDS
STEPHEN MILLER SUCKS
??? more
Vance is idiotic.
Noem is disgusting
Pete Hegseth alcoholic
Musk drug addict
Leavitt brain washed
MAGA = brain washed.
Miller is toxic
Pete KEGseth
Okay. That is a good one.
Not maga brainwashed!
Leavitt is like a Stepford Wife or AI Robot
That young black man who got elected vice chair of the democratic party along with David Hogg,
Malcolm Kenyatta,
said on MSNBC it should be
MAKE LIFE BETTER
I would add my own, MAKE LIFE CHEAPER
Kenyatta ran in the Pa primary along with Conor Lamb in 2022 for Pat Toomey’s seat in the US Senate. Needless to say I regret my primary choice of fetterman. I thought long and hard about who could win the seat, oh well…
I like the Stephen Miller Sucks one.
Me too, "sucks" fits Miller to a T. After all, isn't that what all vampires do? 😝
He looks like an ugly Colin Robinson, the energy vampire in What We Do In The Shadows (great show btw), who won’t win any beauty contests 😆
Miller is so despicable, beyond words.
ha ha, love the ugly Colin Robinson comparison. And you are right, Miller is despicable beyond words.
MAGA AMERIKA SUCKS
lol!
Miller terrifies me...he’s a bloody fascist.
Melt ICE
Woke patriotism
Big bloated bill
Mar-a-landfill
Trash Tower
MAGA - More Americans Getting Angry
Great ones!
I have called it maralardo for what, 9 yrs going on?
Woke IS Patriotic!
American flags on trucks, 'patriot' in your business name, etc are examples of woke patriotism.
if you have to explain it.............
Aristocrats don't care
Neither do OLIGARCHS!
Dear Claire- how about “ Medicaid not weekend golf outings for a felon in chief?”
Or “Fund Healthcare not military parade for traitor in chief?”
Difficult to keep it to three words !
DUMPY LOSER TRUMPY TACO
Call. Write. Email. Unrelentingly.
Use/share this spreadsheet as a resource to call/email/write members of Congress, the Cabinet and news organizations. Reach out to your own reps, as well as those in other states on a specific committee important to a topic you’re sharing. Use your voice and make some “good trouble.”
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13lYafj0P-6owAJcH-5_xcpcRvMUZI7rkBPW-Ma9e7hw/edit?usp=drivesdk
When you look up reps from other states it usually states they only respond to their constituents.
"TRUMP HATES US" "WE'VE BEEN HAD" "ETTD IS REAL" "TACO IS POISON" "STOP THE PARDONS" "NO MORE LIES" "WE PAY TARIFFS" "HE DUPED VOTERS" "OUR LAWS MATTER" "STOP KIDNAPPING US" "WE ARE PISSED" "STOP BEING STUPID" I have more but this is a start. KISS-Just 3 words.
STOP THE TARIFFS
Taht’s not bad Ramona
"SOS USA SOS" "LIFE OR DEATH" "NO CRIMINAL POTUS" "MAGA IS DEATH" "IGNORANCE IS CURABLE" "DRAIN THE CONGRESS" "TREASON WON'T WORK" "NO MORE SEDITIONISTS" (yeah, big words suck as messages)
Excellent! We need to send these to our representatives.
Stop the REAL Steal
You're exactly right Michael Cohen! Tim Walz already knows this. He said stop being nice. Call him what he is. Tim Walz talks to real people. Everyday working class Americans. He cusses mildly like most Americans. People relate to him. People relate to AOC and Jasmine Crockett the same way. Democrats just need to speak plainly like real people. And call TACO a LIAR, a Convicted FELON, a CRIMINAL, a COWARD, and a CON MAN picking our pockets. Tariffs ARE taxes on Americans.
Call it out plainly, simply, the way it is.
I agree with you completely Shelby, Walz, AOC, Crockett and I would add Malcolm Kenyatta, he's great too. Relatable.
Yup call him what he is!! A 34x CONVICTED FELON RAPIST! IMPEACH IMMEDIATELY!!
The picture of the maga hat with tag "made in China" should be blasted all over the Internet and on billboards, especially in maga country. Perhaps make the tag larger, made in china in red ink.
Change the words on the hat to MADE IN CHINA. Everyone knows what the red hat means.
Yes that brainwashed people wear them.
Love that
Americans pay tariffs!
Michael, thank you! You've provided the who, what, where, and how. Clarity is the stone in the slingshot. Now, if only the Dems pick it up--aim at the head and let MAGATS have it.
btw: I don't recall anyone ever advertising that all of Dump's campaign crap is made in China. You're the first, as best I can recall. Once again, Sir, thank you.
We should be calling this TRUMP TAXES
That and also
Trump Tariffs
Excellent!
Hey Michael Cohen. This is your best yet. Let's put our heads together and figure out a way to get these three word slogans out there, not just to people who read your posts!!! Can we all contribute to a fund to take out billboards across the country especially in TACO states???? Let's do something. I'm in.
Every single time I go to any store or gas station, I attach one of the nifty anti-chump tariff decals onto the product or the gasoline handle. I got these decals on-line; it just makes me feel better to do it. They're pretty funny too.
You are correct about the necessity to use the slogans. American voters seem to prefer slogans over details, anymore. TAT Tariffs are Taxes... I Agree 100%.
June 14 NO KINGS! Get in the streets all over America!👍🏼💪🏼🇺🇸
Tariffs are taxes!
Fabulous piece, Michael. I love, "...the crystal ball turned to fog." I am part of a resistance group in my community in the Berkshires, MA, and we are having a protest at Town Hall in Great Barrington on June 14, 12-2. I have a megaphone and you bet I will be screaming, " Consumers pay taxes!" "We deserve better!" And, "Go fuck yourselves, Trump, Miller, and Vought!"
I just read that the GOP is out raising Democrats for new voters. Not good news!
I'm hoping people are pissed enough to never vote gop again!! They may be out raising $$wise but voters will have the last word if we're even ALLOWED MIDTERMS!!
GOP will do anything no matter how despicable they become..💯
I will continue to support Costco. Have cut ties with others though. Surprised to see red hats in there though.