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Was he actually thinking that those $450 were just gifted by the exporter?
It helps. Because Trump will spend that money on destroying east wing, hiding and redacting Epstein files, and killing American citizens
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I tell you what, the next time this person votes for the orange child rapist he's going to do it very begrudgingly!!
Haha, just kidding. There's not going to be elections again, or at least not until the obese imbecile dies and passes on the dictatorship...to Eric.
:)
So here is what you do:
- Shout out loud: "Teehee I am a foreign company now!"
- Pay your extra Glorious Golden Donny Dollars
- Get item (maybe)
- Get shot (eventually) (probably)
Tariffs are more of a soft ban than anything else. They're meant to function to protect local industry from cheap imports. And they don't even achieve that.
Case in point: in the 1980's I believe it was, Yamaha came out with their Virago line of cruiser motorcycles. They were objectively better than Harley-Davidsons and sold much cheaper, the only reason to buy a Harley was 1. because the gaing you're in requires ownership of one to be a member, 2. cosplaying as a member of said gang requires ownership of one, or 3. your boomer brain couldn't handle your motorcycle going duh-duh-duh-duh instead of duduh-duduh.
So Harley lobbied for and got a tariff on cruiser motorcycles of over I think it was 1200ccs engine displacement, which simply made the Japanese bikes cost more like what the American ones did. Yamaha responded by slightly treducing the cylinder bores to bring the displacement down to 1150cc making the tariff non-applicable and nothing of use was accomplished.
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We call it the Trump extortion tax.
Maybe that's why Canada keeps responding with "tariff me harder".
This way of thinking is hilarious. Dumb too but also hilarious.
What leads anyone to think the source would pay for this.
And that absolute self centered attitude of benefit for him as if the US was the center of the world.
Welcome to international trading and politics. Your country is descending fast and in the coming years you will learn a lot.
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^🎻^
I'm waiting for Trump to tell him how incredibly ungrateful he is for not supporting Trump's drive to increase US production/Trump's bank account.
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Anyone with an ounce of wit knew it was an import tax on Americans from day one. Some people are just oblivious.
It appears that Dan is suffering from a case of "really fucking stupid."
In my home country, the news always mention "could be passed on to consumers" when it's about import duties. I don't know what US news tell to Americans for so many consumers to believe they won't pay a dime on the cost of tariffs.
Oh they announced it loudly that it would be passed down to consumers, but some people prefer to watch opinion channels that played it like tariff and import-tax were different.
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Another Magat that's only slightly more intelligent than a bar of soap.
These people can't be as stupid as these looks into their lives suggest? Ignorant though? They are really ignorant.