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Was he actually thinking that those $450 were just gifted by the exporter?
How does this benefit me?
...and how would it have benefited you, if the seller had to pay it? They would either increase the price for you or never have made the deal.
Even the thing you expected would have been stupid for you π€£
They probaly thought the seller would pay without raising the price. A lot of these folks don't know how tariffs work in the first place and when the orange one said it would punish other countries for being unfair to the US they assumed the seller would recognize the error of their ways and foot the bill while keeping the price the same to stay competitive.
Folks that make complaints like this on social media don't seem prone to thinking the consequences of an action through...
Even the thing you expected would have been stupid for you π€£
But this is the key piece of information MAGA fails to realize: if you make things more expensive for the manufacturer, the price goes up so they can remain profitable.
MAGAs love the idea of Trump using tariffs to "punish" the countries they don't like until they find out that those countries don't actually pay the tariffs. The consumer does.
Absolutely, but what I find particularly frustrating is their lack of understanding about how businesses always pass on operating costs. They must factor all these expenses into the price of goods, so even if they somehow managed to make foreign manufacturers pay the tariffs, the price of said products would still reflect their production costs.
The argument by even supposedly slightly saner folks like Besset was all companies would absorb the cost and therefore win win and to be fair many of them have.
Weβve seen companies like Home Depot publicly declare it won't pass along tariff-related increases to consumers.
In this case the OP is just an idiot
But they were supposed to pay it to show him kindness.
The inability to critically think is the first and foremost requirement to be an American conservative.
The inability to critically think is the first and foremost requirement to be a~~n~~ ~~American~~ conservative.
Ftfy
I think you added an extra word on the end there...
The best thing is that even if the tax was paid by the exporter they would just raise the price of their product accordingly for the import region lol
Right? Like, this should be obvious to everyone. Why don't people immediately see this? It's crazy.
Ah yes, America is finally finding out what a Tarrif actually is, in real time.
Thatβs why Iβm one of the strongest haters of tariffs
You benefit from that because then America will be great again! (ehm)
How does this benefit me?
Is the satisfaction of making dear leader and his rich friends richer not enough for you?
I bet he didn't even say thank you for the opportunity to ~~fΓΌhrer~~ further line their pockets
There are plenty of benefits - dei is illegal, trans folks arenβt able to compete in womenβs sports, brown people are afraid to go outside. Does that supersede $450? You tell me.
This is literally how tariffs work. They donβt benefit you. They fuck you in your anus. We tried to tell you.
It's all those woke economists' fault (and literally anyone else who understands anything)!
For fairness here, tarrifs can be beneficial and useful when specifically targeted at industries which you can compete globally in with commensurate subsidies. In other words, universal tarrifs is the same as shooting your own nuts off, but targeted tarrifs can be helpful in growing specific industries you can grow.
All tarrifs are paid by the population of the country doing the tarrifing, but when it's well thought out and specifically targeted it can be a good thing.
Lastly, for clarity, fuck trump, what he's doing is incredibly stupid and will only hurt US citizens.
At first you think he may just be naive of how tarrifs work. Which is still true, but it doesn't explicitly label him as maga.
Then he says this....
How does this benefit me?
And there it is. The selfish attitude that tells me he voted for this exact outcome without a clue what that outcome actually was. Just voted for his team, and didn't bother with the details. Oh well. Have the day you voted for.
What you mad at lil bro? that's called making america great again! Next time you order your equipment from USA ππ¦
And the thing made in US is 22% more expensive because all the parts and pieces needed to build it had the same 22% tariff.
It is all paid by the consumers.
"But they don't make it here, everything is offshored."
"Oh, well, should have thought of that first."
I don't think I could find a Spanish person, except perhaps a child, who didn't understand the concept of an import tax. How are Americans so goddamn stupid that they don't understand something that simple.
It's a tax, in the United States, imposed by the president of the United States, why the fuck would a Spanish company pay it?
Because that's what the idiot president told his idiot voters and they were too dumb to know he was wrong. They think he's smart because he has money
Okay so pretend they are right, pretend that the Spanish manufacturer pays the tariff:
Do you think they will still sell it at the same price if they had to pay $450? They'd just charge you more to cover their fees, lmfao.
Edit: Oh someone here already commented this, oops
Enjoy the tariffs idiot.
Aside from everything else, apparently this guy doesn't understand how "Asking for a friend" is supposed to work.
What if he doesn't have any friends beside himself
Surprise! You're being taxed. They use tariffs because you don't know what the word means
The problem with people like this is NOT the fact that they were dumb enough to believe Trump's lies about tariffs.
The real problem is them crying more about having to pay the tariffs themselves than about having been blatantly lied to.
The fact that the distinction of who the fees actually get connected from matters so much to people is so crazy to me. It doesn't matter who the fees are collected from, you're paying them regardless. If the exporter pays them they will just raise the price you pay to cover the cost. It also amazes me that so many people who were in favor of tariffs somehow think they wouldn't raise prices even though that's literally the entire fucking point of tariffs. They raise the prices of foreign goods to give domestic goods that cost more an advantage.
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