“Trump, who has argued that China will bear the brunt of his tariffs, acknowledged during a Cabinet meeting on April 30 that the duties may mean fewer—and more expensive—products available for American families. ‘You know, somebody said, “Oh, the shelves are going to be open,” Trump said. ‘Well, maybe the children will have two dolls instead of thirty dolls. And maybe the two dolls will cost a couple bucks more than they would normally.’” — MSN
In our pursuit of economic freedom, the Trump administration’s position remains that income caps are essentially anticapitalist and discourage the pursuit of the American Dream, which, in simple terms, is to own more property and possessions than anyone else on the planet.
Imposing caps that punish hard work is un-American. What is American is telling children they can have only a grand total of two dolls—no more—and they will have to work to earn the money to pay for them.
Radical leftists will argue that limiting dolls per household is cruel and pointless, but what other way is there to teach children the value of cheap goods made in China that no one here is really interested in working in a factory to produce?
Anyone opposing the doll limit should consider how it could lead to a surge in innovation: children making their own dolls out of popsicle sticks and tissue paper, or forgoing dolls altogether, and becoming so bored that they start a coal mining company or investment firm.
We’ve heard the argument that “No one needs to make millions of dollars while others struggle to afford education, health care, and food. By simply taxing the ultra-rich, we can create a more equal society where our roads and bridges aren’t crumbling into dust.” Besides this being a blatant socialist wealth grab, we would like to remind you that this kind of policy will be difficult or impossible to enforce, mainly because we’ve handed over control of the IRS to someone named “Big Balls” who isn’t going to reveal how much anyone makes unless our desire for revenge makes it politically expedient.
What makes the most sense is that we continue to let the rich get richer, while the children have fewer dolls.
How many dolls can you play with at once anyway? You only have two hands. Obviously, two dolls should be the limit. How we let our society go wild and accumulate as many dolls as it wants is truly remarkable when you think about it. Playing with dolls has been shown to cause a wide range of dangerous health outcomes, such as encouraging imagination and creativity, developing problem-solving, social, and language skills, and fostering an understanding of real-world roles.
It could be safely argued that dolls allow children to create scenarios where they explore their feelings and emotions and become adults who would never think of voting against their own interests. No matter how many tears are shed, no matter how loud the cries of protest, we can no longer afford to let this continue.
If Democrats really wanted to help people, they’d stop crushing the dreams of honest, everyday millionaires by forcing them to pay more taxes, and instead focus on crushing the doll-owning aspirations of boys and girls who, let’s face it, pay no taxes whatsoever.