Twice over. Not only are the tariffs an enormous sales tax on America, but Trump's income tax package actually raises taxes on 80% of Americans in order to cut them to almost zero for the wealthiest.
I am no sage, yet methinks I glimpsed the beast afar—its fangs bared, its hunger plain. And still, the folk who bent the knee to it claimed, ‘Nay, it shall not feast upon us.’ Yet lo, the leopard came, and lo, their faces were devoured.”
The problems happening now fall 150% squarely on the shoulders of one group of people - Those that voted for tRump and/or any Republican.
tRump & Repubs said they were going to do this when they got elected. They’re keeping their promises. So that means their voters/supporters are to blame.
BTW that's $3,500 or more per year in new taxes, if math's not your strong suit. Or $300/mo if monthly budget is how you roll. So no more eating out on Friday nights and having a nice imbibement at your local bar once a week, you may have to give up your Starbucks, too.
You go look a child in the face and think if that child is going to care who is to blame that they are growing up in a world burning with fever and life living on the margins. We have to forgive and work together to fix this planet and return it to the world we thought existed when we were children.
Why is the orange fearless leader doing this? Because he cares only about loyalty & $$. He wants countries & companies to come to him & make deals in order to get exceptions from the tariffs. He will then use the tariffs to gain more power & money for himself. He does NOTHING unless it benefits him.
That moment when they realize the only thing they still own is the self-own. I'd laugh but honestly it's sad, and for the people who didn't vote for it, it's Tragic.
It’s not the billionaires who spend their weekends golfing whose livelihoods (and lives) will be impacted the most, but every day Americans who are already living on a shoestring.
Everyone on the other side knew just how st*pid they truly were and for many of us, tried to stop it. They’re simply beyond rescue and can deservedly wallow in their own sh*t, while unfortunately forcing us in it too. This country is such a disgrace.
Remember when trump said Kamala will bring the worst economy and prices will go up while if they voted for him prices will go down? Yep MAGA and those who voted for his lies are now paying the price and the Global market as well.
I am not American. Trump has placed a 17% Tariff on my country which is affecting our exports to the US. It hurts demand for Philippine-made goods in the US.
Every company passes along their operating costs in the price of the goods or services they sell. If their taxes go up, the cost of the good goes up and the cost of the tariff is passed along to the consumer in the country that placed the tariff. We call this a "regressive tax".
Trump believes that there is nothing the voting public, or Congress, or the courts can do to stop him.
He doesn't care about you any more, MAGA.
He got what he wanted.
The US is such a shit country. Stupidity reigns, lawlessness prevails, anarchy awaits and you have made yourselves the most hated dumbasses on earth. Good job.
I just had an adult sonof a maga friend-ish say that I listened to fake news about the nan sent to Venezuela 'accidently',, he proudly and with his whole maga heart posted his reply with a clip from Karoline Leavitt ... yeah.
Will they learn from this? No, they won't. If they were capable of learning, we wouldn't be in this mess in the first place. The first term should have been enough to solidify Trump's incompetence and lack of concern for the American public, yet they went out and asked for more.
We as a nation have failed. 54% of Americans can't read above a sixth grade level and that's what we consider to be illiterate. It's hard to read about things like tariffs if you can't read.
Their largest demographics are white men and women with a HS education or less. They target the poorly edu
My kinda still MAGA friend does not believe it. No matter in how much detail I explain it. They’re just 1 in millions of the deluded. It’s mind boggling. Every time I tell myself to give it, up but I keep trying because other than that belief she’s a kind person. Just indoctrinated. No cure.
That's the take away, then. It seems that demonstrating the societal benefits of a tax doesn't work for American conservatives. If you want to raise taxes in the U.S., they'd much rather be blatantly lied to.
The super wealthy can ride the storm. THey want it to tank so they can buy up at lower prices and watch it jump up after #FOTUS47 takes off the tariffs. Watch them buy up everything they can and sell it high.
Is this $6bn in extra taxes inevitable or compulsory? There are other options, such as not spending as much, spending more on necessities and less on luxuries, like Tesla cars and X subscriptions and air, such as it is, is still free to breathe, for now. Of course that might mean losing your job.
30 oct of ppl are just ppl who are weak to believing what they are told uncrittically, cuz in a system that only give authority to ppl who own things, its possible to get by if you obey instead of decide, so confidence convinces. Less logos more pathos and ethos
I genuinely never thought america would delve this deeply into the barrel of stupidity, i actually thought that when you elected trump, one time, you would have learned from your mistakes. I definitely didn't think that you would give him a second chance to fuck it up further.
A recession at best. A depression at worst. One of the two. Unbelievably destructive. It won’t pan out the way he thinks it will. He’s delusional in his grandiose thoughts that everyone will strike a great deal for the US with him. He’s dealing with smart pragmatic people, not people like him.
We're in the height of the information age, with anything you'd ever want to know just a few clicks and keystrokes away. Yet 77m people didn't think to Google 'tariff.'
These tarrifs (taxes) paid by the voters are then used 1 on 1 to give his billionaire friends a 5 trillion tax cut. The american consumer thus pays for this tax benefit, making the rich even richer.
Not only them, but all of the people who couldn't bring themselves to vote for a female person of color. They either voted 3rd party or sat it out completely. This is all on their shoulders too.
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tRump & Repubs said they were going to do this when they got elected. They’re keeping their promises. So that means their voters/supporters are to blame.
not the progressive *income* tax.
The question is; how long will it take MAGAts to realize they are "them," too.
... then ask them how their 401Ks are doing? 😆
Countries pay the tariffs.
He doesn't care about you any more, MAGA.
He got what he wanted.
Brilliant move fuck faces, this is 100% the Republican's fault
Their largest demographics are white men and women with a HS education or less. They target the poorly edu
Learning from your mistakes also requires the wisdom to see the mistake, the knowledge to rectify it and the courage to ask for forgiveness.
Reps are deficient in every category...
The term is Dumbold Lump.
eg.
America voted for a Dumbold Lump.
America's president is a Dumbold Lump.
A/ he predicts $6 trillion from tariffs over 10 years
B/ the stated goal is to get companies to manufacture in USA
C/ if he accomplishes B then there won’t be any income from tariffs as predicted in A
Help me understand
If they impeached him and JD, the speaker's next in line and we could steal two years of their red BS.