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r/MurderedByWords • u/Nigel_Hunter • 1d ago
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A LOT of trump supporters think the country the import is coming from pays the tax. Rather than the consumer here. They just don't understand how anything works.
152 u/Blrfl 23h ago Even if it did work that way, the manufacturer isn't just going to eat the cost of the tariffs. They'll still be passed along to the end consumer. 8 u/Zefirus 21h ago Even if they had to eat the cost for some reason, in what universe would that lower prices? 10 u/Blrfl 21h ago It wouldn't. But see my comment about the amount of stupid I can cover at a time.
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Even if it did work that way, the manufacturer isn't just going to eat the cost of the tariffs. They'll still be passed along to the end consumer.
8 u/Zefirus 21h ago Even if they had to eat the cost for some reason, in what universe would that lower prices? 10 u/Blrfl 21h ago It wouldn't. But see my comment about the amount of stupid I can cover at a time.
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Even if they had to eat the cost for some reason, in what universe would that lower prices?
10 u/Blrfl 21h ago It wouldn't. But see my comment about the amount of stupid I can cover at a time.
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It wouldn't. But see my comment about the amount of stupid I can cover at a time.
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u/ChimkenNBiskets 23h ago
A LOT of trump supporters think the country the import is coming from pays the tax. Rather than the consumer here. They just don't understand how anything works.