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This is kinda disconnected from the reactions of right wingers. Most of them are happy right now to "burn it down". Which has been a lot of the reason that many people have supported trump from the start. Sure, they misdirect their anger towards the wrong people. But they haven't felt the effects of the tariffs yet. Most of them are just enjoying seeing the stock market drop.
Most of them are happy right now to “burn it down”.
That's because they are catastrophically stupid people.
I tried watching some fox in an attempt to understand the other perspective but I just don't, my summary of the 15 minutes of fox was.
Just a note that this appears to be an AI generated image. Note the dude up front with an arm coming out of his back. Unless thats a whole jamon iberico that he has stuffed under his jacket, in which case I'd stand corrected.
No that's just how MAGATs look, it's an unfortunate side affect of being inbred.
"I must isolate you, and save you from yourself " "Swinging to the rhythm on a new world order "
Why does Europe like tariffs so much if tariffs are so bad?
I'm assuming its Europeans themselves that are asking for the tariffs, and they have tariffs between countries in the EU as well, so what makes Europeans different from Americans. You'd assume they wouldnt have too different an outlook.
No, we don't have any tariffs between countries in the EU for the most part, it's one of the reasons the EU is so great.
Oh really, I just saw articles like this popping up a lot, and I live in Canada where we have the same thing going on between provinces:
https://www.ft.com/content/13a830ce-071a-477f-864c-e499ce9e6065
I'm not going to pay to read that.
The problem isn't that tariffs are being applied. There are many reasons to apply them, such as ensuring local production remains competitive with imports. The problem is that the tariffs are being just thrown up without careful calculation of what they are trying to achieve.
It's not the tariffs, it's the unhinged way in which the US is applying them right now.
This has been Republican fantasy for decades, don't just assign blame just to Trump.
Don't look at those characters too long or you will enter a Lovecraftian AI-nightmare.
IDK, I kinda like the power pole hovering off in the distance.
You don't like how little Shub-shub in the front there looks?
I think he's kinda cute.
Cute like Carpenter's "The Thing"...
Can’t see the forest through the trees, can’t smell the shit when it’s on your knees.
The beautiful people, Marilyn Manson.
Ironic, since Manson is also a shit human.
He's a shit human for reasons mostly unrelated to his political takes. Though I haven't heard him recently. He could have gone the Russel Brand route.
purge
If Trump had introduced a 10% national sales tax, would the perception be the same?
Tariffs are a patriotic sales tax with an exception for US companies. Of course MAGA likes that.
The bad thing is that it is a flat tax and not progressive. Why is that not the main issue of the debate?
The perception would absolutely not be the same, and US companies are also not exempted from paying them. Most people don't understand that tariffs are taxes paid on imports, paid by those who import them. They think tariffs are magical and the money comes from foreigners.
People may start to understand if/when the price hikes start affecting them directly. For now only retirees with stock market holdings have seen a drop.
They meant exception for US made products, I think.
Could be, those have a lot of international inputs in many cases though.
tariffs are taxes paid on imports, paid by those who import them.
The importing company just adds the tariffs to their sales price. Tariffs are paid by the last one in the chain, the customer. That's why it's like a sales tax.
You're right that that's an option, but increasing the price of various goods can make them unaffordable or unappealing. I know I changed my habits as soon as eggs went over $4 a dozen.
I think one of those guys has an arm growing out of his back
The better to bare arms with.
Wym, he's got long sleeves
It’s funny how they’ve created a buffer against reality.
“DoWnVoTeS mEaN yOuRe OvEr ThE tArGeT” … or maybe you’re making an idiotic point?
“AnY CoNsErVaTiVe WhO DiSaGrEeS WiTh TrUmP iS a FaKe ‘FeLLoW cOnSeRvAtiVe’”
Fiscally conservative now means losing unimaginably large amounts of money.