HTMX is still alive and well; version 4.0 was just released.

(disclaimer: I'm a CEO of HTMX)

Trade happens because both sides agree and make an exchange. I don't understand how "other countries rob us blind."

You act as if it's the countries that are doing the trading; it's not. It is the businesses and other entities within the countries that are doing it. They are doing it because it benefits them. If a company is doing overseas manufacturing it is because they benefit and it isn't the United States that made that decision.

I wish we would call them "taxes on imports" instead to reflect what is actually happening.

Merriam-Webster: "The meaning of TARIFF is a schedule of duties imposed by a government on imported or in some countries exported goods."

Apparently the dictionary is "woke."

Wikipedia: "A tariff, or import tax, is a duty imposed by a national government, customs territory, or supranational union on imports of goods and is paid by the importer."

Oxford Economics: "Tariffs are taxes imposed by a government on goods and services imported from other countries."

I know what tariff means, I just think many people don't realize it means "taxing US citizens" and not "sticking it to some country we don't like"

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply you didn't know.

I meant, "Yes, you're so damned right! It's even in the dictionary! I wish people would educate themselves and not believe lies!"

100% agree

I think either gray hair or bald does a lot too.

6 feet balding and gray here. Can pretend to walk importantly. Never felt farther than CEO. Maybe it's a sign I need to start my own company.