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by jqpabc123 515 days ago
Trump's tariff plan starts with a lie and goes down hill from there.

Tariffs are a tax, plain and simple --- paid directly to the US government by US importers and manufacturers who are ultimately reimbursed by consumers (you and me).

Huge new tariffs amount to nothing more than a massive tax increase combined with huge price increases (aka a spike in inflation) --- a double hit to the economy.

Show me a country that has ever taxed it's way to greatness.