President Trump’s new tariffs are being sold as a way to boost America and stick it to foreign countries, but let’s cut through the noise: these tariffs are just another tax on Americans. Tariffs aren’t some magic fix; they’re a burden. When you tax trade, you get less of it, and who pays the price? We do. Importers and American companies foot the bill, and they pass it right along to us through higher prices. Look at the last 70 years: more trade has meant more prosperity, not less. Trump’s pushing a 10% blanket tariff, 25% on cars, and even higher rates on places like China. That’s not ‘winning’…it’s a tax hike dressed up as patriotism. History shows trade lifts us up, while tariffs just weigh us down
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Man... I don't know. I think the point is for other countries to reduce terrifs on us
They won't reduce, they will double down and retaliate. People will suffer.
You know whats a burden? Income tax. Control your spending on cheap chinesium and youll be ok.
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"Let's cut through the noise"= propaganda
Other countries are dropping their tarrifs on America and people were mad when we moved away from tarrifs initially
How about working to buy American where you can? Get to know your local farmer, rancher, beekeeper, etc. Learn skills to build stuff when possible, barter or trade when possible, use BTC when not… Lightnin, Fedi, cashu, etc.
Maybe try to minimize what you feel you need from other countries? That’d be a way to cut down on how many taxes you get charged with. Cutting it to zero would be hard to impossible, but… good, better, best. ;-)
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