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OP is shocked that an import tax is not paid by the exporter (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world
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Was he actually thinking that those $450 were just gifted by the exporter?

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[–] 60 points 9 months ago (8 children)

I don't think I could find a Spanish person, except perhaps a child, who didn't understand the concept of an import tax. How are Americans so goddamn stupid that they don't understand something that simple.

It's a tax, in the United States, imposed by the president of the United States, why the fuck would a Spanish company pay it?

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  • [–] 16 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Because AFAIK the US republicans dismantled education as much as they could and now they have a bunch of absolute dummies running around.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Nah, that's no excuse here. This is an adult. I don't know how old they are, but I was taught about taxes and tariffs in school at two or three different ages. They were a big part of the American Revolution.

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  • [–] 13 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    didn’t understand the concept of an import tax

    That's why the media uses the term "tariffs" and describes them as being "imposed on {country X}". That lets the people who desperately want their masters to be in the right to imagine foreign countries are being bullied into writing big checks.

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