A tariff is a TAX.
Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
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Gonna be a lot of stangry people, who voted for tariffs, googling “What is a tariff?”
But just on maple syrup and fentanyl, right?
Tax on post-taxed income.
This election wasn’t about the economy at all. It was giving the billionaires – those who don’t need it – more undeserved wealth.
People that voted Republican will soon realize everything will be more expensive due to tariffs.
I learned this in 6th grade
“a tariff is a tax on foreign goods”
stuck with me my whole life. apparently nobody else learned it.
They will be told that the Tariffs and Retaliatory Tariffs are necessary
Then will follow bailouts and taxcuts to offset some of the damage
Most will simply not believe, and double down
Literally how Harris explained it. A Trump sales tax that will cost everyone 3 to 4k more a year.
Yea but not for ME?, right?
🥲
They’ll believe the tariffs are necessary, then blame their losses on Democrats. Because trans people bad.
Should we start calling them Trump Tariffs or Trumpiffs or something? Slap his name on them like people wanna do with stickers. Or call it a Trumptax.
It’s worse than a Tax…
It’s a tax that does diplomatic damage.
25% Trump Tax on everything!
What, you thought Mexico was going to pay for it? YOU FELL FOR THAT AGAIN?!? 🤣😂🤣
I wonder how many times this will be explained to hopeless idiots who will still be floored by the revelation of what it actually means when it happens?
I don’t know about all that tariff business. All I know is Trump is the better than Jesus and anything bad is the democrats fault. /s
He’ll use the money generated to cut taxes for the 1%. And give them exemptions from the tariff for ‘national security’ reasons.
It’s why I keep making the point to right wingers who keep strutting, “hope you have that 30% breathing room in your budget”
You’re gonna forget about the prices of eggs real fast when sticker shock of imported goods upper cuts ya.
For all those Trump voters, who can’t afford $6 a dozen eggs & $6 a gal of milk, this stupid vote you cast will come home to roost on Jan 20th.
Everything you purchase, and I do mean EVERYTHING, will instantly become 25%+ higher. That is, if you can even get the things you want. From coffee to vehicle parts to canned green beans to a replacement cell phone, will all almost out of reach financially. Remember when they said every vote counts? Yeah, you fucked up Trump voters, you really seriously fucked up.
Everyone thank your high school government teachers.
Get ready for pretty much all your produce to cost more. A bunch of fucking morons.
I can see companies raising prices more than what the tariff is. If a store sells an item for 1 dollar and it was made in China there would be a 60% tariff on it. The company would raise the price by 60 cents which would bring the cost to 1.60. I can see companies raising prices higher to let’s say 1.70 to get an extra 10 cents in profit.
I want to know when drugs and criminals started pouring into our country from Canada? 😆
Too much tea suffered in Boston Harbor for us to be where we are right now.
They are going to use high tariffs to convince Americans to accept a flat tax in exchange for no income taxes. “We know these tariffs are a burden on you, so that is why I’m eliminating income taxes and replacing them with a flat tax” -Trump … and his supporters will cheer … and Fox News will say he’s an economic genius.
I think a lot of people believe republicans will have some sort of realization that this didn’t work. They will not. They’ll blame this on democrats and immigrants and then shelve the rest of the blame on black people or whatever other minority they hate the most today. But they will not, under any circumstance, take responsibility or realize they fucked up.
What people don’t realize is that the tariffs will have ripple effects.