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The idea of a tariff, unlike a tax, is not to reduce consumption but to shift consumption to an American brand, e.g. instead of Scottish Whiskey, buy American Bourbon.

“Sin taxes” may be a good idea, but no one found a way to tax lawyers.

1. President Pence would be good. He could appeal to the traditional Republicans as well as the “basket of deplorables” who put Trump in office.

2. To remove Trump from office would require much Republican support, which would alienate the Trump-base and result in Warren or Sanders getting elected. To win a national election the traditional Republicans (“Country club” or “Wall Street” or “Chamber of Commerce” flavor) need the populist base. Anything that alienated the “deplorables” costs the Republicans.

Non-Orthodox Jews tend to assimilate. So what’s the hiddush?

Trump is not “our hero”. He’s the least annoyng alternative. A lot of the social conservatives and neo-cons are our friends, but they were all unelectable. The Democrats have been taken over by anti-Semities, the friendliest of which only want to get rid of frum Jews, and the worst are little better than Nazis.

and to the original poster, the United States does not have a Rosh Memshalah, since we have separation of powers. All we have is a Head of State (an office based on the British kings of the 18th century). Ther is no “memshalah” in our system, only an executive and an independent legislature. You should get a book on civics before discussing a government you apparently don’t understand.

That’s been their policy for almost 100 years (before then, there were no elections). No hiddush.

The content isn’t a problem, as it is the same content on any computer system. The problem is that individuals are spending all their time staring at the phone rather than engaging in normal human activities. In the case of children, this is especially problematic and detrimental to their education. These problems have been observed and complained about in almost all cultures, and is not a uniquely “Jewish” issue. Indeed, since frum Jews manage to turn off their smartphones one day a week gives us a special advantage since even the most addicted frummie still knows he or she can survive without the online connections 24/7.

Given the historically unprecedented integration of American Jews, and the mass assimilation over the past few centuries, any and all American politicians are likely to have supporters who are Orthodox Jews, and who are religiously non-Jewish descendants of Jews (some of are, or are not, halachically Jewish). Some are Republicans and some are Democrats (not to mention that one of the leading Democratic candidates to oppose Trump is a well known heretic who is almost certainly Jewish according to halacha).

If the husband and wife are in agreement on all issues, the process of the “Get” and the government’s divorce is quick, easy and not expensive. Unfortunately (well, for lawyers, fortunately) that is not the case in most divorces.

1. The last recessionwas caused by the Democrats encouraging banks to make sub-prime loans, not that the Republicans not the banks objected.

2. The current slowdown is connected with the disruption on world trade caused by the Americans with great help from the British and the Chinese. Whether the disruption of world trade is a bad thing is yet to be seen. According to standard economic theory trade is good and helps all, but many are skeptical (particularly American workers who have trouble competing with low wage countries), and as of late, conventional economic theory has been very good at predicting or explaining economic behavior.

People have ALWAYS and in every country tried as best they can to make their homes “nice”. In America (and much of the modern worlds) we have more “specialists” since we have a larger supply of labor and the affluence to develop specialties. In pre-modern Eastern Europe the standard of living was much lower, and the supply of labor such that few people could specialize in interior decorating (something to do with most women being tied down with house work due to the low level of technology).

In many cities you need to “swipe” to get out, and in most cities in America farecards are used so you would have to discard a farecard since you couldn’t carry it home (presumably you would buy a special farecard for leaving late Friday). You would have an additional problem of electronic devices connected to the exit turnstyle counting who is leaving. Also you would have to be careful to avoid getting caught in a door as that would trigger an electronic device.

I suggest taking the subway home on Friday evening is best left for alternative history novels in which Jews have to be pretending not to be Jews to survive.

philosopher: A lighting fixture, with or without a Shabbos clock, does the same amount of work with or without you doing anything. A light does not burn brighter if someone is, or is not, using it. Appliances with a Shabbos mode that turn off at predicted time so they can be opened (which increases activity) also “solve” the problem.

A self-driving car, even if set on clock that causes the doors to open and close at certain times regardless of whether anyone is getting in or out, and travel only on a fixed route (even if empty) would still raise an issue since the motor would have to do more work based on the number of humans involved (one should now ask if a “Shabbos mode” refrigerator or oven uses a thermostat which would mean the heavier use put on it the more the motor runs. This will lead to a debate on whether one can use a robotic Shabbos goy.

It should be noted the some reputable people that using electricity does not violate “mavir” and if one holds that way, the only objection to using an electric car or an ebook would be that it isn’t “Shabbos-dik” (shvus).

Coyotes and Jackals (and wolves) and dogs are really one species. They can mate and produce fertile offspring.

Very low unemployment means employers have to raise wages to attract workers, which causes inflation and may force some business to close. It also makes it hard for the economy to grow since expansion requires workers. A factor in the US is Trump;s anti-immigration policy which deprives the economy of cheap labor. A serious problem is that the US is now in the period of the “boomers” (born 1946 and onwards) quitting the job markets, and the boomers turned out as a group (frum community excepted) to have been total failures at producing a new generation, dooming the US to a prolonged period of economic decline unless something can be taken to make up for the babies the boomers didn’t have (e.g. robots, immigrants, coercing people to work well beyond retirement age, etc. – note that the Europeans and East Asians have the same problem, suggesting it won’t be the Russians, Chinese or EU that ends up stealing our lunch).

There are many books on Jewish names, including both forenames (personal names) and surnames (family names). Some are for people who are just curious, some are written to facilitate writing a “get”, and there are one or two for librarians.

In a library catalogue, or even online since many library resources are in Google, look for “Names Personal — Jewish” as well as “Names, Personal (Jewish law)”.

There is more evidence of moving to a Friday-Saturday-Sunday three day weekend (or rather a Monday-Thursday four day workweek).

Note that Christians in the past observed Sunday in a more sabbath-like manner with enforced prohibitions on work. The two day weekend was introduced by Franklin Roosevelt in an effort to reduce unemployment by reducing the work week and forcing employers to make up for lost hours by hiring more employees.

1. The government has never guaranteed that benefits or fees (payroll taxes) will never change. They have changed substantially over time (not surprising incomes have risen radically in the last 80 years, as had life expectancy). There are no legal impediments to the government reducing benefits, changing the formula, or raising payroll taxes. Indeed, if they changed the retirement age relative to life expectany back to what it was 80 years, the new retirement age would probably be close to 80 and the system would be overflowing with money.

2. The Federal government owns the “printing press” (ability to create new money without backing) meaning a debt guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the Federal government is secure in the amount of the debt, albeit no guarantee what the money will be worth.

3. Given the America is a democracy, and the percentage of people over 65 is steadily rising (due to longer life expectancy and the inability of the younger generation to reproduce successfully), politically the response to shortfalls in the social security “trust fund” is likely to be keeping it solvent.

Originally “Colored” was the polite way to say “Black”. Today Black politicians use the phrase in order to make their group seem bigger. Various other groups defined as non-white use the phrase to argue they are really oppressed. One problem is that some persons of European ancestry are darker than many “people of color”. The biggest problem is that when you average in American born Hispanics and especially Asians, the average suggests “People of color” have the same economic level as “Whites”, thereby roving that racial discrimination is NOT a major factor in America.

Like all “racial” terms, one should assume the users are fools and racists, and also probable anti-religious (since on a fundamental level they are rejecting the idea that HaShem created the human race and that all people are closely related).

Are sure that the Jewish dialect of “Brooklynese” is still English, or is it a new dialect of English, similar to how the Jewish dialect of German became Yiddish. Note that most Jews considered Yiddish to be be German until World War II. So why isn’t “Judeo-English” a kosher Jewish language, just like Judeo-German and Judeo-Spanish

Or are you saying Jewish songs have to be in Hebrew, to the exclusion of Yiddish, Ladino, Aramaic, etc.

1, The first wave of Ashkenazim moved in the same time as the first wave of Sefardim, as soon as the Muslims defeated the Crusaders, and allowed Yidden to move back into Eretz Yisrael (which thanks to the Crusaders had become Judenrein for the first time).

2. The Hareidim were quite content to live under Muslim rule, and indeed the early zionists didn’t object to the Ottomans. My guess is if the Hareidim become a majority of the non-Palestinian population (I didn’t say “Jewish” since an increasing number of Israeli “Jews” are actually goyim), they will cut a deal to end the war. Before this happens, probaby by the end of the 21st century, the zionists will probably make an effort toget rid of the hareidim, one way or another.

For the last few centuries, halacha developed “Haseges gevul” as a form of copyright, which along with Dina Malchusa Dina makes “stealing” music against halacha. Also when the music is initially sold the buyer agrees not to redistribute it (same if one goes to a concert and makes a private recording, contrary to the terms and conditions of the ticket).

And BTW, the vast majority of the goyim in the performing arts are anything but rich.

Aramaic and Hebrew are closely related, similar to French and Spanish, or German and Yiddish. Hebrew is as different from English, as English is from Chinese or Navaho or Zulu.

If you are serious about learning Torah, learn Hebrew.

The left has had that option for years. While some Hareidim are super-hawks, others are super-doves. On most economic issues, the hareidim are much closer to the left than the right, and in fact hareidim views are to the left of most Israeli socialists (all for liberal benefits, especially for large families, and not at all concerned with paying for them). However the Israeli left tends to be fanatically anti-religious (remember that an “ikar” of socialism is militant opposition to all forms of religion).

One should purchase electronic devices with “off” switches.

I believe she fully understands what the German concentration camps were like, and is deliberately defaming President Trump in accordance with the Democratic Party’s stated program of “resistance” the allows false and vicious accusations, relying on overly liberal American laws that make it very hard for a public figure to sue even over obvious falsehoods. Falsely stating that Trump is murdering thousands of Hispanics is all “fair” to Democrats who believe that getting rid of Trump “trumps” truthfulness. Unfortuately, there are many Americans quite willing to believe any lie they hear about Trump.