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[–] 15 points 3 months ago* (4 children)

Considering he keeps "ending" the war on Iran to play with oil prices while he buys low sells high; makes me think the price gouging followed by tariff refunds was the real goal all along.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Tariffs are just a roundabout way to implement flat tax. That's why they talk about how tariff income will replace lost tax revenue.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    And in this instance, they're being used because the SC said that Trump can't impose a broad import tax.

    So he conveniently enacts tariffs on our trading partners, who make up 99.4% of our imports, because they "didn't do enough to ensure slave labor wasn't used."

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