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[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is definitely fake, but it's tremendously funny so I choose to believe it's real

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[–] MapleEngineer 23 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Not only do US companies pay the tariff but they pass it on to their customers and other countries put counter tarrifs on US products.

[–] Chekhovs_Gun 23 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Waitaminute....since when can tariffs eat my face??

[–] LovableSidekick 20 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Drawbacks of living in a country where half the people are dumbshits. It's the new normal and we better get used to it. When you are out in public doing anything, look around. Roughly half the people you see are fucking idiots.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod 16 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Half seems optimistic, especially because of how many people didn't bother to vote

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[–] Pacattack57 17 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Saw an interview of Bernie Sanders in 2003. This level of ignorance was manufactured by the GOP by creating millions of single issue voters. It’s all about divide and conquer. If you look at GOP rhetoric it’s always issues meant to divide the people. Abortion, lgbtq, war. Instead of voting based on a platform, now millions of people vote based off abortion or Gaza for example. This is how they get people to vote against their own interests

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

If only he had sat them down and explained that on November 4th

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Does Trump not know what a tariff is? Or does he know, and he is deliberately misleading his followers?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

He likely understands what a tariff is well enough. His problem is that he either doesn't understand the implications or chooses not to communicate that part to voters.

[–] LovableSidekick 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

He understands tariffs in his terms - that "tariffs" is a useful word to trick people into doing what he wants. How tariffs work in the real world is irrelevant to him, the word gets him what he wants, and that's all he needs from tariffs.

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[–] inclementimmigrant 14 points 3 weeks ago

Ha ha ha!

This is absolutely delicious!

I know I'm going to be fucked over hard but it's still heartwarming to see those adults who put is here also get fucked even harder!

[–] SeattleRain 13 points 3 weeks ago

Those tariffs are going to be a bitch. On the bright side, collecting aluminum cans is going to be way more lucrative.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

So they immediately left that meeting and started talking about how to unionize, right?

Right?

[–] jumperalex 16 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Not sure what a union would have done in this case. The problem is near term cost of inputs vs long term contracts with fixed revenue.

I'm not saying it would be bad for this to kick them into forming a union, only that it wouldn't have solved this problem unless the union had an education campaign to explain why excessive tariffs are bad.

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[–] spankmonkey 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Sorry not sorry.

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