• MrShankles@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    So if the customer paid more to cover the cost, why are the businesses entitled to a refund… that will come from the taxpayers?

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      3 hours ago

      Because that’s not how buying and selling products works. The business chose to increase the price due to increased costs. As you said , it was an increased cost to the business - so why would the customer get the refund?

      The tariff was paid on import, not on sale.