• RedWeasel@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Sellers in the US need to do a truth in Taxation so Americans will know they are paying a tariff and how much, regardless of which party implemented it.

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      5 months ago

      I’m going to make a prediction.

      An elected representative will blame post-tariff avocado prices on Mexico and advocate violence.

      Edit: I forgot the important part. People will believe it en masse. To your excellent point.

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    He didn’t threaten to do it. He said he was going to. Threaten has the implication he might choose not too but he directly said he’d be doing it on his first day in office. That is not a threat. It’s a plan.

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    5 months ago

    And I vow to pull any chump change in my pension from US funds. And buy a foreign EV. And treat Made in the USA as the badge of a shameful trade partner party.

    Just my little start, I hope I’m not alone. Even if our government sucks Trump off to try and play Robin to Blyatman.

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      GOP almost certainly is already planning their super rich tax cut (again) and Trump wants to do the scam he did last time he was in office having the Secret Service stay in his hotels anytime he visits a place and charge the US govt out the nose. Gotta have money in there somewhere to cover that.