empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTrump and GOP leaders discuss using tariffs to pay for agendawww.politico.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1119arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1117arrow-down1external-linkTrump and GOP leaders discuss using tariffs to pay for agendawww.politico.comempireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareproper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up48·1 month agoso money from tariffs, which the citizens pay? sounds like raising taxes with extra steps.
minus-squareempireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 month agoAnd only on poor people whose necessary consumption is a larger percentage of their overall income.
minus-squareMagister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI’m pretty sure a lot of americans have no clue about USA wanting to tariff Canada/Mexico, and also that a lot of them think that it’s Canada/Mexico that will pay for those tariffs, somehow, but not them.
minus-squarehansolo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoEveryone know that when you go to Starbucks, the price is $5.99, and then “they” pay the sales tax. The price to you as an American is $5.99. …sorry, what’s that? The person that buys and received the goods pays the tax? Well. That’s some bullshit. /s
so money from tariffs, which the citizens pay? sounds like raising taxes with extra steps.
And only on poor people whose necessary consumption is a larger percentage of their overall income.
I’m pretty sure a lot of americans have no clue about USA wanting to tariff Canada/Mexico, and also that a lot of them think that it’s Canada/Mexico that will pay for those tariffs, somehow, but not them.
Everyone know that when you go to Starbucks, the price is $5.99, and then “they” pay the sales tax. The price to you as an American is $5.99.
…sorry, what’s that? The person that buys and received the goods pays the tax? Well. That’s some bullshit.
/s