Hassett: "It was correct for Jeff Bezos to apologize and correct the record. Amazon -- whoever did it made a big mistake. I wonder if they'll have a job tomorrow."
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It does not matter where this story came from. AMERICANS should be demanding that the tariff be reflected on every receipt because we are paying TAXES to the government that we, at this point, do not get to reflect on our returns. JFC. Americans need to stop being so bovine as consumers.
Did I understand correctly? That he more or less said that Amazon was wrong in that the American consumers don't pay the tariff costs? Great point about not getting to reflect the tariffs aka taxes on your returns.
There is nothing inherently wrong in showing how much of the cost of a product is directly due to a tariff. The whataboutism alluding to “Biden inflation” isn’t related at all and a preposterous deflection. The aftermath of Covid caused inflation, not Biden. Trump’s tariffs are an unforced error.
Contact your favorite retailers. Tell them you want to see - transparently - how tariffs affect your costs as a customer. Tell them it’s what you want your experience to be as a customer with less dollars to spend than before. The admin doesn’t want this to happen. Customers can make it happen.
Sounds like he was threatened with an ass whipping, it's his company he should be able to run it anyway he wants. I would appreciate knowing exactly how much I'm paying for what I buy. I was ready to place an order until I read about this today, well goodbye Amazon.
Disclosing the difference since that date from Amazons own records would be transparency that would prove or disprove if the GOP is being honest about tariffs not leading to higher prices. Businesses that can’t eat the tariffs costs will go out of business if they don’t pass it on.
Who ever made that “mistake” is a hero! America needs to know what we pay extra because of Trumps tariffs. If it’s not because of his stupidity and shame, it shouldn’t be a “secret”
Actually he didn’t There was no problem other than that created by these idiots mind being even more wonky that this issue would inform the serf/peasants (YOU) find out why everything was increasing in price!!!
Normal people define fuck you money as the kind of money that lets you stop making money and just live your best life. Guys like Bezos are wealth addicts. There's never enough. They can always be manipulated for more money.
Trump's team is making Bezos look like a very weak man...
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If Bezos has any pride whatsoever, he would tell Jassy to post the tariff impact on retail prices in spite of Trump. The Bezos of 20yrs likely would have done that, but the artificially pumped up 2025 version no longer has the guts.
“Yeah. We don’t need Amazon customers knowing about how badly this tariff thing will be for them. Invoice breakdowns aren’t really a part of the ‘Trump agenda’ and the person who thought transparency was a good idea should be fired.”
JFC 🙄🤦🏼♀️
Maybe he’ll be disappeared by ICE but i wouldn’t put it past them to have manufactured this whole dispute so trump could solve it and finally get his first sad little pathetic win in his trade war.
You should check out if you also pay VAT on the tariff added or if it is calculated from the net price. Have somebody on a Democratic web-page do price calculations and have them published.
Bezos doesn't believe in transparency. For example, when you click the "Purchase" button for an ebook for your Kindle, you are actually just leasing it.
So Hassett is saying that the criteria for losing your job is to make a big mistake.
Let's all have a think and see if we can identify someone else who has made any number of huge mistakes over the last 100 days or so, which would give cause for concern with respect to their employment prospects...
So the jacked up prices remain, but with no information as to why exactly they're jacked up, leaving everyone to "do their own research" as to why prices are high. I'm gonna guess Biden ends up as the boogeyman for many "researchers".
Bezos wanted something and Trump gave it to him to get him to pull it down. Can’t convince me this was anything other than to leverage him to lay off tariffs for him as they all do.
Facts are stubborn things. Consumers should have the facts. Trump lives in a fact-free/alternative fact bubble. Jeff Bezos went noodle and caved to the bubble bullshit. It's that fucking simple. Everyone is cowing to the school bully and handing over their lunch money.
Umm…economics in high school teaches that a tariff or duty is paid back by the end consumer via price increases.
Clearly, he graduated high in his class. That, or he’s chuckling because he’s allowed to lie on National TV with no recourse. 🙄
So Mr Weird Smiles is saying he doesn’t want anyone to actually see how much more things will cost due to the TrumpTariff Tax? They hope to hide it from their rubes.
They can't hide the tariff-tariff. I went to my previous orders on Amazon as it's an easy way to re-order my favorite tea that I buy 5 boxes at a time. The price on the sale page has doubled from the previous order. I'm not going to pay $11 for 100 tea bags.
I ask again....if tariffs were not going to cost ordinary Americans a cent, why is the white house so concerned? They hardly lied about it, did they?? Could they?? Would they??
There’s no administrative error here! Bezos is simply speaking from Trump/Musk playbook - if you get negative feedback it was a mistake. I want to see those charges spelled out on the website before I order anything else from Amazon!
Oh my flipping gawd almighty, you impotent billionaire. You're rich, put your foot down and make those billions work for you. The orange buffoon will fold if you don't capitulate, you fool. Now that you've prostrated before him, yet again, he'll want to use you as a footstool next, just you wait.
Remember that "fake news" was not lies and untruths. He told '60 Minutes' he made it up to discourage people from believing the negative stories written about him. He's always known that truth is damaging to him and his brand.
Why don't these people and institutions learn? A bully only respects someone willing to punch him in the face. Bezos can't even let his corporation stand up because he's so greedy for additional contracts and money. How pathetic he must be.
CNN needs to stop letting these people push bullshit and fact check them in real time. Amazon had it right the first time & I hope everyone knows that by now! We pay the tariffs.
All that Amazon has to do is to add the cost of Donny’s tariffs to the taxes owed line of the invoice. After all, that’s what a tariff is anyway, a tax.
Not only are tariffs a huge tax on the American consumer and kill American jobs, this White House chooses to directly threaten anyone who exposes their attacks on consumers with their job.
A prerequisite for being Trump’s spokesman, tell shameless lies faster than the media can fact check, do it shamelessly, and while looking directly into their eyes with a smile on your face.
It makes them all pathological liars or psychopaths.
Soo, visually showing how much Tariffs will cost you when ordering on Amazon should make one lose ones job... But leaking Military Strike/War Plans to family and friends makes one a "Warfighter"?
There’s no correction necessary. Amazon accurately listed the cost of tariffs on the receipt. Just like tax is listed separately. The only mistake was caving to the Trump regime.
OK I listened to this because I had a perverse interest in what his explanation would be.
This is just beyond lying now, beyond gaslighting - and it's a preview of what's coming. When shelves are empty and prices are high, they are going to point at the retailers. It's sickening.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/21/business/trump-tariffs-washing-machines.html
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If Bezos has any pride whatsoever, he would tell Jassy to post the tariff impact on retail prices in spite of Trump. The Bezos of 20yrs likely would have done that, but the artificially pumped up 2025 version no longer has the guts.
JFC 🙄🤦🏼♀️
*To be transparent, I have made 2 or 3 purchases from Amazon over the years.*
Let's all have a think and see if we can identify someone else who has made any number of huge mistakes over the last 100 days or so, which would give cause for concern with respect to their employment prospects...
All the signs are there.
Clearly, he graduated high in his class. That, or he’s chuckling because he’s allowed to lie on National TV with no recourse. 🙄
Well. That is pretty sad and telling.
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Five noes.
The ultimate in no.
It makes them all pathological liars or psychopaths.
Did I get that right?
This is just beyond lying now, beyond gaslighting - and it's a preview of what's coming. When shelves are empty and prices are high, they are going to point at the retailers. It's sickening.
Good to know.