None of these products would be made in the US, though ... and none would affect trade imbalance ... so the net effect might only be to increase inefficiency in your own country
It is definitely striking that a 2L bottle of local municipal water plus caramel color and a pinch of aspartame costs $2.65
Fucking insane. Coke has a higher label tax than Apple.
The other infuriating part is that the generic brand soda is also expensive for some reason. What an efficient market, when generic water can maintain an insane profit margin.
But GP is boycotting big corporations, and presumably replacing them with local businesses. Unlikely any US small businesses because they don’t advertise internationally (and usually don’t ship). In this case, two wrongs make a right: he’s helping his nation’s smaller businesses and not hurting those from the US.
If you pay someone 3x for work/service/product, x is the price and 2x is what you pay to encourage them to make/do the things instead of the people who could/would do it for x.
However, you're not paying 3x. I assume you're not really paying anything notably higher than x, right? So the encouragement is nearly zero.
maybe a quarter?
the rest will be a "licensing fee", which goes straight to Atlanta, Georgia
(well, now it doesn't)