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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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[–] 39 points 9 months ago* (6 children)

How does this benefit me?

...and how would it have benefited you, if the seller had to pay it? They would either increase the price for you or never have made the deal.

Even the thing you expected would have been stupid for you 🤣

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago*

    They probaly thought the seller would pay without raising the price. A lot of these folks don't know how tariffs work in the first place and when the orange one said it would punish other countries for being unfair to the US they assumed the seller would recognize the error of their ways and foot the bill while keeping the price the same to stay competitive.

    Folks that make complaints like this on social media don't seem prone to thinking the consequences of an action through...

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

    Even the thing you expected would have been stupid for you 🤣

    But this is the key piece of information MAGA fails to realize: if you make things more expensive for the manufacturer, the price goes up so they can remain profitable.

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

    MAGAs love the idea of Trump using tariffs to "punish" the countries they don't like until they find out that those countries don't actually pay the tariffs. The consumer does.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    Absolutely, but what I find particularly frustrating is their lack of understanding about how businesses always pass on operating costs. They must factor all these expenses into the price of goods, so even if they somehow managed to make foreign manufacturers pay the tariffs, the price of said products would still reflect their production costs.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    The argument by even supposedly slightly saner folks like Besset was all companies would absorb the cost and therefore win win and to be fair many of them have.

    https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbesbusinesscouncil/2025/06/25/what-b2b-businesses-should-consider-before-absorbing-tariff-costs/

    We’ve seen companies like Home Depot publicly declare it won't pass along tariff-related increases to consumers.

    https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/scott-bessent-is-underestimating-the-risk-of-a-us-treasury-selloff-by-desmond-lachman-2026-01

    In this case the OP is just an idiot

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