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Leopards Ate My Face

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[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 87 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Say it with me: Tariffs. Are. Taxes.

He's raising your taxes.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Worse, it's taxes on poor people. Rich people don't buy anything with their money, so they're spared, but poor people are spending the money on things, and things are imported.

[–] Cargon@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 weeks ago

Rich people buy things, but not at the rate that lower income people do. A CEO who makes 1000x as much as you isn't buying 1000x as many pairs of pants, for instance. This is why sales taxes are considered regressive.

[–] Banzai51@midwest.social 15 points 2 weeks ago

A consumption tax. A tax that hits the pocketbooks of the poorer harder and the wealthy lighter.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Slovene@feddit.nl 2 points 2 weeks ago

Tariffs 👏 Are 👏 Taxes 👏

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 week ago

aren't they literally just import taxes?