# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 4, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588 "2023-07-04T21:42:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 400
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7981 "2024-09-23T14:58:03Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > His two small kids eat 14 eggs a morning? Ooookaaayyy. When I was a lad I ate four dozen eggs Every morning to help me get large And now that I’m grown I eat five dozen eggs So I’m roughly the size of a barge! ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7982 "2024-09-23T14:58:41Z")
“A lot of eggs, 12 eggs, 14 eggs, 24 eggs, whatever makes sense…” ~ JDV ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7983 "2024-09-23T15:13:08Z")
He’s just living up to the motto of the Trump campaign “what we have here is a failure to communicate”. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7984 "2024-09-23T15:17:23Z")
Yeah, I’ll be “that guy:” **Captain:** _What we’ve got here is failure to communicate._ Still fits. Maybe even better. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7985 "2024-09-23T15:29:36Z")
Are his kids in training for Rocky? ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7986 "2024-09-23T16:12:38Z")
I think Vance may not understand how normal people eat eggs. It sounds like he’s setting up a breakfast buffet every morning. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7987 "2024-09-23T16:21:32Z")
> [@Jihi](#): > > It sounds like he’s setting up a breakfast buffet every morning. Well, maybe _the help_ is. I don’t expect that Vance could make a scrambled egg if you spotted him the microwave and a ramekin. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7988 "2024-09-23T16:30:45Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > ramekin Is that some weird East coast thing like “crudité”? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7989 "2024-09-23T16:34:04Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > > [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > > > ramekin > > Is that some weird East coast thing like “crudité”? - Ramekin. Used for custards or [shirred eggs](https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/140333/shirred-eggs/), among other things. [![](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/shopping?q=tbn:ANd9GcSjN1RwEnzK2FUdZEo7-fo9JIjCDI7zOEtZEq0FBXCSVJyps2L8Vf5UXTIUQAGlmlGJnQSH_v5XOqO_kaP-hnkEZocsAsOaLGIRQhCwFq5KHpGyAGie5-fLDg) ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/shopping?q=tbn:ANd9GcSjN1RwEnzK2FUdZEo7-fo9JIjCDI7zOEtZEq0FBXCSVJyps2L8Vf5UXTIUQAGlmlGJnQSH_v5XOqO_kaP-hnkEZocsAsOaLGIRQhCwFq5KHpGyAGie5-fLDg) ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7990 "2024-09-23T16:34:57Z")
Apparently, yes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7991 "2024-09-23T16:47:30Z")
Now, a scrambled egg should be made in a pan or on a griddle, but I was making it easy for Hillibilli Vanilli. We make eggs for our dogs in ramekins because it’s about as easy as it can be to make an egg in one, and they don’t care if the eggs are slightly cylindrical. 🙂 They taste the same. and I will now, and forever, pronounce “crudité” as “crud-ite”. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7992 "2024-09-23T16:49:19Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > Hillibilli Vanilli Snerk. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7993 "2024-09-23T22:15:17Z")
Trump to farmers: Vote for me and I’ll triple the price of your equipment! > **[Trump threatens to triple cost of John Deere tractors during event with farmers](https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-john-deere/)** > > Former President Donald Trump told farmers Monday that the cost of tractors could significantly rise if he wins the 2024 election.During a roundtable with farmers in Smithton, Pennsylvania, Trump concluded by noticing that his campaign team used John... ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7994 "2024-09-23T22:45:25Z")
[![](https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/91d799310ac31406177a59bacc02f9ce3d6a3879a7cdf142bf945fac2273d4cb.jpg?w=800&h=419) ](https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/91d799310ac31406177a59bacc02f9ce3d6a3879a7cdf142bf945fac2273d4cb.jpg?w=800&h=419) ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7995 "2024-09-23T22:58:27Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Trump to farmers: Vote for me and I’ll triple the price of your equipment! In 2023, John Deere [reported about $10 billion in profit](https://www.statista.com/statistics/271867/john-deere-net-income-since-2001/#:~:text=John%20Deere's%20(Deere%20%26%20Company's),of%207.1%20billion%20U.S.%20dollars.) from [about $61 billion in sales](https://www.statista.com/statistics/271865/john-deere-net-sales-and-revenues-since-2001/#:~:text=John%20Deere%2C%20the%20agricultural%20equipment,sales%20and%20revenue%20in%202023.). I’m sure they’ll be happy to keep prices the same for farmers, by covering a 200% tariff from their _\>checks the math\<_ 16% annual profit. Trump math! ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7996 "2024-09-23T23:17:01Z")
I hate to be the Trump sane-splainer, but what he was trying to do was tell John Deere to sell to Americans products made in America. The effect of a 200% tariff would be to cause American farmers to buy from John Deere’s competitors, preferably whoever was smart enough to make those in America (and there are several) . Farmers might pay slightly higher prices, but wouldn’t pay the 200%. Thus, John Deere would lose market. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7997 "2024-09-23T23:21:20Z")
Alternative (and more likely) interpretation: He was speaking pure frontier gibberish. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7998 "2024-09-23T23:26:59Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > He was speaking pure frontier gibberish. 'Tis the dialect of the common clay of the new West. You know? ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/7999 "2024-09-23T23:39:05Z")
There would also be a sudden supply shock to the market when John Deere’s tractors become effectively unaffordable, and prices would spike until domestic supply (by JD or competitors) matches demand. Until those new tractor factories are up and running, farmers would play significantly higher prices - or go without. So not triple the price, but I’m guessing a 50% markup wouldn’t be impossible. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/8000 "2024-09-23T23:50:01Z")
Any law that slapped a tariff on John Deere would also apply to every other tractor manufacturer outside the US. So Kubota, et al would be in the same boat as Deere. The boat keel would run over the farmers foot (collectively) as it launched. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=399) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588.md?page=401)