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Average family paid 1000 more last year due to tariffs. I definitely noticed things that jumped in price.
by rootusrootus 7mo ago
Average family paid 1000 more last year due to tariffs. I definitely noticed things that jumped in price.
- thingscoledoes 7mo agoSource?
- Jeremy1026 7mo agoJoint Economic Committee a good enough source? https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/democrats/2026/2/updated-data-american-families-have-already-paid-more-than-1-700-each-in-tariff-costs-since-trump-entered-office https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/democrats/2026/2... Or Tax Foundation? https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/federal/trump-tariffs-trade-war/ https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/federal/trump-tariffs...
- superxpro12 7mo agoA large cap company I totally dont work at paid 4% of revenue in tariffs last year. Our bonuses were cut in half. I dont have visibility into our customer pricing. It is fucking obscene how stupid this tax is. And all for what? So billionaires can get a bit richer? How did this help us, like at all???
- warkdarrior 7mo agoJudge actions by their outcomes, not by their stated purpose.
- r2_pilot 7mo agoPOSIWID, the Purpose Of a System Is What It Does. A quick way to cut through bullshit and "But I meant for X to do Y"
- zuminator 7mo agoAll this fuckery makes it hard to keep track of financial inflows and outflows, which in turn makes it easy to commit graft and corruption. Especially coupled with the forced retirement of those principled people formerly in bureaucratic positions, and the lack of consequences for lying and scheming on behalf of the kleptocracy.