I just saw this bumper sticker on the Long Island Expressway. People are beginning to realize that tariffs are actually import taxes paid by American consumers.
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Oh, a good chunk of Americans have always realized that, as this driver has — it’s the other group that only believes whatever the tangerine traitor feeds them!
Well I would probably think that that driver or owner actually thinks like you. You know us people that have common sense did that. But even so that means a maga moron has got to read that and they cannot help themselves nor resist reading bumper stickers.
That and they realize the 1% realized that they own the media so a 25% tariff means a 27-32% jump in consumer prices whether they are part of the tariff or not. Just like the "COVID shipping crisis".
Tariffs are Taxes that American's pay to stop us from saving money on products that compete with American billionaires so they can do price gouging and increase profits.
Sure it's kind of long but let's stick with truth in advertising. 😜
and people forget that that prices of US made goods also rise because they can raise prices and still be below the competitors price with tariffs added. I’ve seen it first hand.
I wonder how many MAGA supporters saw that bumper sticker and said, "that there is fake news. Trump will never make us pay them there tariff taxes. He's going to lower prices fer us.
There was lots of googling about it AFTER the elections. These people are so misinformed they thought Obamacare and the Affordable Care Act were 2 different things. Some googling “how do I change my vote?” Dumb fucks. Now everyone making under 250 grand will pay more taxes than the ultra rich.
Searches for what a tariff is and who pays it went up exponentially following the election. It is baffling to me that people don't understand what they're voting for when they're voting.
I can see young people having to Google it, and most of them probably did. But older people should sure as hell know what a tariff is, and who picks up the bottom line.
Google how illiterate the American people are; and they want to abolish public education. It’s hard to find anything positive about what’s in store for us.
Too bad I can't repost this more than once. The stupidity writ large in this election says everything about the capacity of American voters to think critically. Like no capacity at all. 🤦♂️
This Can’t Be Stated More Clearly! AMERICANS -YOU PAY “TARIFFS” -ITS ANOTHER NAME FOR “TAXING AMERICANS” WITHOUT TRUMP/GOPS SAYING WE’RE GOING TO “TAX YOU ON EVERYTHING” !! Then END ACA/BENEFITS/GOV. SERVICES —AMERICANS BANKRUPTED- NO “TAXPAYER FUNDED GOV. HELP” YOUR TAX CONTRIBUTIONS FOR WHO/WHAT?
MAGA morons aka republican voters will NEVER accept the truth about their orange bloated daddy
Even when prices skyrocket these imbeciles will blame Biden then HRC and finally Barack
I don’t think I’ll ever forgive their stupidity
Lincoln shld’ve separated the States when he had the chance
Within reason-we have a choice. Auto parts and electronics are some that that we don’t! Various companies already started raising prices-anticipating trump tariffs! And getting a head start on gouging consumers!
Too bad the majority in Nassau and Suffolk voted for Trump. Now get rid of the Department of Education and Trump will be able to convince 75% of the voters tariffs are a good thing.
It's a little bit too late to realize... And then it is again the fault of: - the Democrats,
- the extreme left
- Antifa
- the Canadians
- the Mexicans
- this small little country in the middle of Europe
- the guy in the morning news
.....
They can’t be trusted with the bloody internet! The internet is the root cause of all these problems, in the USA and here in the UK.
For every fact and every truth there are 10 lies and falsehoods. Lies and falsehoods that sit much easier with people’s bigotry and ignorance.
If the Democrats had hammered away at this and vaccine withdrawal, and many other issues, in a more plain-spoken and not-so-nice manner, maybe some of the Trump voters holding their noses would have swung over. Or as some say in the South, "Y'all'd've been more effective."
Tariffs are only taxes if you buy the things that are tariffed.
So everyone, buy things that aren't tariffed, and live without the things you can't. Unless it's medicine, but I doubt even Trump is stupid enough to do that.
I’m sure this person is an educated liberal and already knew. MAGA won’t realize it until they can’t afford anything, then they’ll blame Biden because that’s who Trump will blame. You can’t fix stupid.
Perhaps you should read our conversation. When Trump quits importing goods from China (MAGA hats, for example), only then can he impose Tariffs. In the meantime, you’re in for a rude awakening.
If we're depending on China for materials for the military- then we've got bigger issues to address. And I don't believe the statement: "we are incapable of producing......" Even if some things are not currently being made, those industries could be resurrected.
You'd be surprised at the stuff we still make here. You just have to look for it. Yeah it's more expensive because it's made by Americans. We can't blame politicians if we choose to buy cheep Chinese crap.
We can blame politicians for businesses taking jobs outside of America. If they imposed higher taxes on those companies, many would stay here. Instead, those businesses line politicians pockets, so there is no incentive to reign it in. No one wants to spend $50 if they can get it for $10 or $20.
Had the media stopped playing the “Biden's Old, Kamala's A Black Woman and Eggs cost a Lot” refrain, they could have been spelling out the Trump plan to initiate tariffs, cut Social Security and Medicare, and bring in white immigrants while booting out others. Project 2025 not discussed
Yeah, until after Trump gets elected. Now you can turn on NPR and they'll tell you what a second round of Trump is going to be like. (Not how to survive it, just how it will likely play out.) They should have been talking about this months and months ago.
How do people not remember from last time Trump was President? Everything I sold had a tariff added for parts received from China that are not made in America.
A new hard drive is made and shipped from China. They want $300. for it.
You purchase it from your local store and the cost to you is $600.
Question:
Where did the additional $300. you have to pay come from and end up?
Answer:
The new government created by Trump.
Donald Trump is a total idiot ! He thinks he’s the only one who’s ever heard of the Panama Canal what a genius!???! they’re ripping us off everybody’s ripping us off!! hey painted face rapist. You’re the only one ripping people off good people anyway yeah bitch.
I learned this when we studied the Great Depression in High School. Do High School students still learn about the Smoot Hawley tariffs?
Apologies if this makes me sound like "old man yells at clouds!"
It's gonna be hard to deny this when the tarrifs hit and most of our groceries get 25% more expensive. But the orange man will probably just blame it on liberals or gay people or foreigners and most of his cultists will just believe it. That's what always happens.
A distinction without a difference, but I get your point. Funnily enough, Harris was often criticized for calling Trump’s tariffs a “tax” because, according to some media pundits, that was “confusing.” So, yet again, Dems are screwed; damned either way if they do or don’t.
I know 2 retired women, former teachers on Long Island, who voted for the Cheato. They fell for the anti-migrant propaganda on Fox. Can’t count on educators in red areas anymore. #RacistAF #GOPdeplorables #antieducationGOP
To be fair, is this from a reasonably smart person that has known this since it was a first vomited out of trumps mouth?
I don’t know if anyone that voted for him understands this yet.
Also, tariffs are a form of "consumption tax" and, businesses can deduct what THEY pay in tariffs as a business expense when calculating what they owe in taxes. So businesses can pass the tariff on to consumers AND then deduct it as a business expense... increasing their profit margins.
It was on a hybrid, which means a high percentage chance this was on a democrat's bumper.
MAGA doesn't believe in hybrids.
But, at least it sends the message to the back row where they usually miss important info.
I think LI (where I live) is the cybertruck capital of the world. Unfortunately I don't think that sticker is indicative of a movement here. I gotta find a bluer place to live. 😳
I was taught back in the 60’s that Tariff’s were BAD but back then getting educated wasn’t political in was the AMERICAN WAY. Now the MAGAT’S want to defund education so the kid’s won’t learn their history of Crime & Corruption..
You’ve got more faith than I do. *Maybe* they’re beginning to realize this, or maybe this person has always known it like many of us have.
If the average Trump voter is beginning to realize what a tariff is, why isn’t there any significant backlash from them calling for Trump to abandon the idea?
The average Trump voter will never question their cult leader.
He told them he will tariff their lives to wealth and prosperity and that's what they want.
From my point of view (New Zealand) the sooner Trump starts tariffing and Musk starts cutting benefits, the better for the midterms
Exactly. That’s my point; the average Trump voter doesn’t (*want* to) understand tariffs.
I’d guess that—even if they could be convinced that a tariff is a tax on the consumer—they’d still choose to believe that *his* tariffs will work some other way.
Well, a bumper sticker doesn’t mean that people are realizing anything in my opinion. Rather, I would say someone on Long Island is trying to alert their neighbors of what the truth is whether this will pierce the idiots in this country I don’t know.
Our job for the next four years is to reach out to people and build connections. And through those connections we spread the truth. The Emperor is naked. And all the clowns packed in his clown car are telling him how fine his clothes are. We need to make sure he hears he is naked.
Well, the American people were awful damn slow to realize that, weren’t they? But Trump was voted in so they get what they deserve but they ain’t gonna like it.
I work on international trade, so I explained this to my hairdresser. When she understood she was horrified. Didn’t asked who she was voting for, we all need to live with our choices. But we will all suffer for the choices that MAGA made. It was keeps me so mad. 😡
There are wider long term implications to these taxes. They are a way to check a dangerous international bully. Think of them as part of the Defence budget against a large dangerous dictator. Cuddling up to Putin has had fatal consequences for others. Xi is flexing his muscles and growling.
I would venture a guess that most people probably know that tariff will raise the cost of their goods, but that he’s just using it as a bargaining chip. We shall see.
Sound familiar? Under Reagan, nearly one-third of all farms were at risk of being foreclosed during the 1980s. Reagan vetoed a farm credit bill that would have given farmers some relief.
His popularity among farmers dropped so low that at one point when discussing the exportation of grain to other countries, Reagan joked that he would like to “keep the grain and export the farmers."
Well that's not gonna happen to Trump. Most farms are now large corporations. And he's cutting their taxes. Plus all the farm subsidies will keep them happy.
We, the people subsidize the farmers. Yes the small farmers under Reagan lost their farms to conglomerates and consolidation. Under Trump many were sold to China. China is the largest pork consumer. And now he wants tariffs? Holy fuck!
Yeah I think we're saying the same thing. In order to mollify the small farmers he gave them subsidies. So we were getting hosed from both sides. But you know the corporate farms got their large slice of the pie.
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And it doesn't affect rulers and billionaires...
Plus ça change.....
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It’s says:
Make Maine Affordable
Vote Republican
Tariffs are Taxes that American's pay to stop us from saving money on products that compete with American billionaires so they can do price gouging and increase profits.
Sure it's kind of long but let's stick with truth in advertising. 😜
The willing, collective ignorance would make an interesting study one day. But first, let’s all work together to eradicate the orange disease!
#Truth
Even when prices skyrocket these imbeciles will blame Biden then HRC and finally Barack
I don’t think I’ll ever forgive their stupidity
Lincoln shld’ve separated the States when he had the chance
It simply said "We don't care why you hate Trudeau."
And I don't, I don't care what you hate. I'm more interested in what you love. Anyone can hate, it's easy.
When you join this group it is about fighting 4 the #14thAmendmentSection3
#14thNow
Trump is just not qualified under the constitution to be president.
132 congress
57 senators
Courts in 3 states
agree - w/ us
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The rest of us will pay it as taxes.
Understand this. The rest of us get it.
- the extreme left
- Antifa
- the Canadians
- the Mexicans
- this small little country in the middle of Europe
- the guy in the morning news
.....
For every fact and every truth there are 10 lies and falsehoods. Lies and falsehoods that sit much easier with people’s bigotry and ignorance.
So everyone, buy things that aren't tariffed, and live without the things you can't. Unless it's medicine, but I doubt even Trump is stupid enough to do that.
Buyer’s regret so early?
You purchase it from your local store and the cost to you is $600.
Question:
Where did the additional $300. you have to pay come from and end up?
Answer:
The new government created by Trump.
Apologies if this makes me sound like "old man yells at clouds!"
Unlike the guy who called me "condescending and elitist" for talking to experts about how tariffs work.
What did they think tariffs were?
I don’t know if anyone that voted for him understands this yet.
MAGA doesn't believe in hybrids.
But, at least it sends the message to the back row where they usually miss important info.
Happy New Year Jon Cooper
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Taxes are pre-algebra level on goods/services costs/fees.
Junior High math showing adult life scenarios would save most believing in GOP policy tropes.
We will find a way to defeat it.
If the average Trump voter is beginning to realize what a tariff is, why isn’t there any significant backlash from them calling for Trump to abandon the idea?
He told them he will tariff their lives to wealth and prosperity and that's what they want.
From my point of view (New Zealand) the sooner Trump starts tariffing and Musk starts cutting benefits, the better for the midterms
I’d guess that—even if they could be convinced that a tariff is a tax on the consumer—they’d still choose to believe that *his* tariffs will work some other way.
It’s willful ignorance.
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probably some MAGAt
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