Ivo Vegter
Columnist at Freelance
Columnist at The Daily Friend
Columnist at The Daily Friend. Advocate for classical liberalism, non-racialism, science and reason. No time for bigotry. Look up Brandolini's Law.
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1 week ago |
dailyfriend.co.za | Ivo Vegter
Most of us suffer from a nostalgia bias. Basing political policy on this bias is dangerously short-sighted, and yet a lot of people tend to do so. The Romans had a phrase for it: memoria praeteritorum bonorum. Remembrances of good things past. Or as we more often phrase it today, the good old days. Most of us are very familiar with this feeling.
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2 weeks ago |
dailyfriend.co.za | Ivo Vegter
As the US economy craters, President Donald Trump blames former president Joe Biden, while his trade czar, who once channelled a non-existent economist, calls it good news. Trump is adept at taking credit for news that looks good to him, and casting blame on others – primarily Biden, who he calls the worst president in history – when the news is inarguably bad. For example, in January 2024, a year before he retook power from Biden, Trump commented on the then-thriving stock market.
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2 weeks ago |
dailyfriend.co.za | Ivo Vegter
How can anyone be sure their employees are legally of the race and gender they claim to be? Imagine you’re responsible for human resources at a medium-sized firm. The company employs exactly 49 people. You didn’t want this job.
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3 weeks ago |
dailyfriend.co.za | Ivo Vegter
Yesterday was a red-letter day in the history of the Government of National Unity. Of unity, there was no sign. As dawn broke yesterday, Thursday 24 April 2025, it looked like the GNU’s days were numbered. First, a late-night announcement from the Democratic Alliance (DA) confirmed a late-night report in Business Day, which said finance minister Enoch Godongwana “proposed an out-of-court settlement with the DA that would see the contentious 0.5 percentage point VAT hike terminated”.
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3 weeks ago |
dailyfriend.co.za | Ivo Vegter
An enlightening consequence of President Trump’s aggressive tariff campaign is that more people are learning about tariffs and free trade. Don Trump, the boss of the America First syndicate and the self-declared “Tariff Man”, has given many different reasons why he thinks “tariff” is “the most beautiful word in the dictionary”.
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And MAGA morons nod along agreeably. Ask them: From whom has the US defended Qatar so vigorously? Ask them: Should a state sponsor of terrorism provide air transport for the US Commander in Chief? Ask them: Where in the budget can we find the $400m that will now be saved? https://t.co/6JBkwGpJsa
‘Trump caved and got zero in return’: Pundits, economists, and analysts slam Trump’s trade deal https://t.co/E7YPTEVjEA (“We’re not looking to hurt China.” You wot mate? So who were you looking to hurt? Americans?)
RT @PeterSchiff: How is this trade deal a win for Trump? China has agreed to nothing. The 145% tariffs we imposed have been reduced to 30%.…
