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re: Trump tariffs are paid by Americans according to Bessent
Posted on 8/8/25 at 11:07 am to Turbeauxdog
Posted on 8/8/25 at 11:07 am to Turbeauxdog
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This moron reporter who was asking the question was trying to say Americans directly "cut the check" Which is stupid.
The importer cuts the check. That’s a fact that needs to be stated apparently.
The foreign government does not. That was the stupidity argument that is being refuted.
How much of that cost gets passed on to consumers depends on the specific products.
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Posted on 8/8/25 at 11:14 am to Turbeauxdog
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What a stupid point you're trying to make.
Their feels so badly want muh tariffs to be a disaster, like they were so sure they would be several weeks ago. The TDS just can't see them give up hope on that. It's going to happen!
Posted on 8/8/25 at 11:16 am to Tunasntigers92
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What kind of phone do you have?
One that the CEO just announced in the white house meeting with President Trump the other day, billions of investment in the U.S. to manufacture them here with American workers.
Posted on 8/8/25 at 11:17 am to TBoy
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The point is a good one. Trump is taxing the hell out of us
JFC... How retarded are you exactly? Extremely, it seems.
Posted on 8/8/25 at 11:40 am to Tunasntigers92
One that didnt cost me anything.
Posted on 8/8/25 at 11:48 am to trinidadtiger
quote:This is hurting companies who have very little US footprint but rely onnthe US market to sell their cars.
Japanese car companies immediately reduced their wholesale price to importers in the US. This allowed the importer to pay the tariff and end up back at the original price.....ensuring no increase to the end consumer. Yes the importer wrote the check, but the foreign manufacturer paid for it.
Posted on 8/8/25 at 11:59 am to Tunasntigers92
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What kind of phone do you have?
That's a choice...
Posted on 8/8/25 at 12:08 pm to RogerTheShrubber
quote:Facts are not your friend.
We havent abdicated our mfg position
The United States lost its position as the world’s largest manufacturer to China in 2010.
Posted on 8/8/25 at 12:10 pm to Eurocat
Yes…until they find a domestic source or one is created. Which is kind of the whole point.
Posted on 8/8/25 at 1:37 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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I'm not sure exactly what youre asking but our mfg requires more skill and/education than basic assembly line work.
Just so everybody is clear you do not know the answer to my simple question and you wrote a big long dissertation without any fact to support it
Posted on 8/8/25 at 1:38 pm to Eurocat
Any theories on who pays the income tax that you leftists think is the salvation and solution to all our problems?
Posted on 8/8/25 at 1:42 pm to Jack Bauers HnK
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As we’re seeing, if that taxing of foreign profits isn’t causing much effect on the prices Americans are seeing, what’s the downside for Americans?
What the idiots on here do not realize is that it is not a zero sum gain
For example take olive oil. Italy imposes 30% tariffs on products from the US but Greece agrees for zero terrace both ways
So you can buy olive oil from Greece for three dollars or you can buy olive oil from Italy for five dollars
Prices on some goods are rising and prices on some goods are going lower but at least now we have a choice and our products are being fairly represented overseas
Posted on 8/8/25 at 2:09 pm to dafif
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Just so everybody is clear you do not know the answer to my simple question
Thats because you botched the frick out of it.
Posted on 8/8/25 at 2:23 pm to TigerFanatic99
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under 'D' terms where the supplier in the export country is footing the bill.
Using tech jargon to talk BS
Great move--I heard the 2020 election steal "info" was very glossy
and Q had it nailed
Consumer is paying tariffs and you have to be a Trump clapping seal to think
different ...Kenny
Posted on 8/8/25 at 2:36 pm to wackatimesthree
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He ran on an America first platform, no?
"America First" is just a mindless slogan, no?
It could be and would be for just about all politicians, but Trump is not your average politician. He is working to make it meaningful. It's not just tariffs. The border has been sealed incredibly fast and well and so we won't be having 20 million illegals coming in the country this year, next year and the following years using American resources that would normally go to American citizens like what was previously happening. America first.
It's hard to tell how things like tariffs will affect everything because there are many aspects to consider including things you are mentioning, but clearly the immediate gloom and doom that was predicted did not come to pass. I don't always agree with Trump, but he is always negotiating to get the best deal out of something for himself or for the country, so it's also hard to tell at times what his end game is when he is making moves. But as a whole, he definitely is trying hard to get the best outcomes for America before all else, so I don't think it's a meaningless slogan in his case.
Posted on 8/8/25 at 2:43 pm to Tmcgin
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Consumer is paying tariffs and you have to be a Trump clapping seal to think different
Market share matters.
A greater market share equates to greater control and less volatility.
In short, eating a (sizable) portion of the tariff may be better than increasing the price of consumer goods (which may allow the door to open for more competition).
The irony of all of this, however, is that you goose-steppers have no issue placing “environmental fees (taxes)” on American businesses, which are then passed onto the consumer.
You are a disingenuous shitbag that reeks of ignorance.
Posted on 8/8/25 at 2:47 pm to Eurocat
quote:
Trump tariffs are paid by Americans according to Bessent
I don't give a flying f***. I would rather pay $1,000,000 per year in tariff related costs than a $0.01 in income taxes.
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Eurocat
You are an embarrassment to Europe, cats, and the universe in general.
Posted on 8/9/25 at 12:11 am to WeeWee
LOL. Insults being made by someone who voluntarily asked to be referred to as "weewee". Yeah, sure,
Posted on 8/9/25 at 1:48 am to Mandtgr47
Zero.
Posted on 8/9/25 at 1:51 am to BHS78
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I'm sure that all the invaders from the south that I saw on tv with their smart phones paid the same as we do for ours. These companies rip off Americans just like the drug companies do. We support the entire world by being gouged for products.
I would guess those are all American phones from companies like TMobile and Optimum and the like. Your example has nothing to do with illegal immigration.
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