ID ); $exclude_types = array( '' ); $exclude_types = apply_filters( 'eat_exclude_types', $exclude_types ); // do nothing if the post has already a featured image set if ( $already_has_thumb ) { return; } // do the job if the post is not from an excluded type if ( ! in_array( $post_type, $exclude_types ) ) { // get first attached image $img = rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ); $attachment_id = attachment_url_to_postid( $img ); if ( $attachment_id ) { // add attachment ID add_post_meta( $post->ID, '_thumbnail_id', $attachment_id, true ); } } } // set featured image before post is displayed (for old posts) add_action( 'the_post', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); // hooks added to set the thumbnail when publishing too add_action( 'new_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'draft_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'pending_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'future_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); function rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ) { // Find the images in the post_content. $output = preg_match_all( '//i', $post->post_content, $matches ); $first_img = isset( $matches[1][0] ) ? $matches[1][0]:''; // if no images found, do nothing if ( empty ( $first_img ) ) { return false; } return $first_img; } } Bruce Pardy: In Some Scenarios, Tariffs Actually Make Sense – BCI 24 News Network
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Bruce Pardy: In Some Scenarios, Tariffs Actually Make Sense

28 February 2025 11:20 PM
BCI 24 News Network

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President Donald Trump confirmed this week that new tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China will go into effect on March 4. For weeks and months, a chorus of conservatives and libertarians have savaged Trump’s fondness for tariffs. Tariffs punish your own people, said John Stossel in Reason Magazine. Tariffs are taxes, and taxing trade will mean less trade and higher prices, said Sen. Rand Paul. The optimal level of tariffs is zero, said Walter Block in the Financial Post. They’re not wrong. But like Trump himself, sometimes tariffs are not that crazy.
Yes, tariffs are taxes, and taxes are bad. Tariffs tax your own people when they buy foreign goods. Tariffs raise prices and increase inflation. They impede transactions that benefit both sides. Consumers and producers in both countries would be better off without trade impediments. Yes, the ideal level of tariffs is zero….