Trump floats eliminating U.S. income tax and replacing it with tariffs on imports - eviltoast
  • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Rich people have enough money that a small percent in price increase doesn’t affect them the way it affects a “normal” person. If you make millions vs 100k/yr combined income it does that the same.

    It’s not about quality, it’s about what you’re being sold.

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      5 months ago

      But right now the cheap stuff is made overseas like in Asia. The expanse stuff is built in Europe or the US. Tariffs would likely be harsher on Asia products. So expensive stuff might not get much more expensive at all. The cheap stuff would get much more expensive.

      Meaning there’d be a bigger cost percentage increase for the people who already can’t afford it. A double whammy.

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        5 months ago

        Tariffs would likely be harsher on Asia products. So expensive stuff might not get much more expensive at all. The cheap stuff would get much more expensive.

        Meaning there’d be a bigger cost percentage increase for the people who already can’t afford it. A double whammy.

        That’s pretty much what I said.