re: Trump said he's prepared to raise tariffs as trade war with China heats up

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I disagree with this. A tariff is a tax, period. So are income taxes. So are sales taxes.

There is no difference other than a tariff is a specific, targeted tax. Same with your excise tax example. A tax is a tax is a tax, but this board doesn't like that word so we use the more palatable word "tariff".

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But tariff describes the mechanism which is more akin to a consumption tax and consumption taxes seem to be more preferable, (e.g., Fair Tax).