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> I'm happy to pay for the actual cost of shipping a single item across an entire ocean, but maybe that increase is a bit much... The Import-ant thing (heh) is
by Terr_ 2y ago
> I'm happy to pay for the actual cost of shipping a single item across an entire ocean, but maybe that increase is a bit much...
The Import-ant thing (heh) is that the additional money you must pay is not going to the manufacturer or the shipper. It won't be improving working-conditions of foreign sweatshop laborers, or upgrading cargo ships to reduce pollution, etc.
Instead, it's going to a US government official that basically seizes goods crossing the border who won't give them back without a payment.,
Worse: These higher import-taxes all US companies and consumers are being made to pay will probably go towards the benefit of... lowering what rich Americans pay on their personal income taxes.
- collingreen 2y agoThis made me wonder what the tariffs will do to private jets and if the 100% write off for them just includes everything or if there is more nuance there.
- generj 2y agoI’ve heard private jets goers barely get bothered with customs - I’m curious how much smuggling starts happening via them.
- dylan604 2y agostarts? Might I introduce you to the story of Barry Seal? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3532216/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_american%2520made https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3532216/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8...
- Symbiote 2y agoThe jets can be registered somewhere else (Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Aruba, Isle of Man) and thus never officially imported into the USA. e.g. https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/tax-rules-for-the-super-rich-make-the-isle-of-man-a-haven-for-private-jets https://www.occrp.org/en/investigation/tax-rules-for-the-sup...
- collingreen 2y agoGenius!
- nunez 2y agoSame as yachts and big ships.
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoNo. I live in a wealthy Wyoming town. We already have runners who will bring tax-free construction materials in from Canada and Mexico (or hell, in undeclared cargo, idk) for cash. This is how life works in high-tax states like Greece and India.
- geerlingguy 2y agoMy point is less about where the money goes and more about not subsidizing cheap Chinese shipping. I don't think I should be able to order a little plastic trinket for $10 shipped direct from China, when just shipping the same thing inside the US costs $10+!
- vntok 2y agoWhy not? The trinket was made in China in the first place, so it had to already cost some amount to import into the US + some amount to ship to you + some amount to the reseller. Skipping the reseller saves you money and pollutes the environnement less.
- vel0city 2y agoThey're talking about just the postage cost being $10. Even for something that is produced domestically. Postage to mail something >1,000mi: pennies. Postage to mail something across town: $10. You think that makes sense?
- tayo42 2y agoYes becasue it'll go on an airplane and make it in under a day. Also economies of scale will apply.Traveling through continents like Asia is just cheaper in general too.
- vel0city 2y agoI'm not talking about overnight postage; I'm talking standard 3 or 4 day ground. It ends up on the same trucks after it clears the port. There's no choice of postage that makes it cost less to mail something I made in my own home to my family 300mi away (no matter how long I choose it to be) than to ship the same kind of thing from China within a week. In fact, I've often found it just cheaper to buy a new item with their home be the shipping address than mail the thing I already have to them. Once again, tell me how that makes any goddamn sense. https://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/Notice123.htm#_c450 https://pe.usps.com/text/dmm300/Notice123.htm#_c450 You should really research UPU rules.