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You'll be hitting the poorer folk very hard. I said that a few times already, and I don't want to sound like a broken record, but the cheapest iPhone in my coun
by 5e92cb50239222b 5y ago
You'll be hitting the poorer folk very hard. I said that a few times already, and I don't want to sound like a broken record, but the cheapest iPhone in my country costs around 3 median monthly salaries. (I am not arguing that everybody should be using iPhones, I don't use and don't want them, it's only to give you an estimate.) If prices get even higher, we won't be able to buy anything at all.
And if you raise the prices only in the US, then Americans will be buying all their stuff from other countries over mail, like we do now.
- b0rsuk 5y agoIf you're not arguing everyone should use IPhones, why bring up poorer folk? Or why bring up a luxury brand?
- ZeroGravitas 5y agoThis regularly comes up on any kind of tax proposal. You just reimburse some fraction of it to the poor. One super easy way to do that is to replace an existing regressive tax, but there's a thousand different ways. If any kind of market efficiency pricing change actually hurts the poor, it's because the people passing the law wanted it to, but many wouldn't even if done super simply, because rich people buy more stuff, use more carbon etc.
- Ekaros 5y agoI thought customs are already solved problem? EU even managed to force sellers in other countries to automate the whole thing... So I see no reason why individuals wouldn't be charged tariffs when importing things.