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    Will Scharf, a White House official, claimed the new car tariffs would result in more than $100bn in annual revenue to the US

    I dont understand how this is supposed to generate ‘revenue for the US’. The money will come from their own citizens, so its basically a tax increase. Are taxes considered ‘revenue for the country’? Its not like the money comes frot outside the US.

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      They’re still peddling that other countries pay tariffs, which becomes “US revenue”, and Americans will get a big tax break because importers pay our taxes now.

      Yep.

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        I heard that Canadians are paying for billboards saying “tariffs are taxes on your groceries” in Republican states. It’s funny as hell, but it won’t work—people are either too uneducated to understand how higher import costs lead to higher downstream costs, or they’re too MAGA to even consider it.

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    And people voted for this Orange Mussolini, so I truly hope everyone who voted is feeling the terror around these tariffs, and I hope you make better decisions in the future because nobody voted for fascism, but your vote for GOP did just that!! And now WE ALL have to suffer! Fucking troglodytes!!!

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    And then you have idiots like this:

    I guaran-fucking-tee this dumb bitch has absolutely zero clue what she’s actually driving (hint: it’s a Lexus LX470, aka TOYOTA LAND CRUISER).

    And the “Don’t Tread On Me” is just so on-the-nose.

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        Yep. The entire Land Cruiser family (which includes the LX, GX, Prado, and even the 4Runner) is only built in Japan. It’s one of the most Japanese vehicle families of all Japanese vehicles.

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    I think the saddest part is that if BYD could be imported into America, it’d probably still be cheaper with the 20% tariff.

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    Oh this is gonna suck balls! What about replacement parts?

    All of this is a great idea for making cars expensive as fuck again!..MCEAFA