And laptops, and phones, and literally every other electronic thing you might want to buy
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People that can still afford stuff will be so cool. The hippest tech, biggest cars and newest kicks, everything will be uber exclusive. This is good for america because reasons.
This is good for america because reasons.
People with lifted pickup trucks can now go into even more debt, so they can flex on the "poors" (while complaining about their "economic anxiety").
Not to worry. If gas is a little cheaper while they fill up their tanks at the pump, they'll be happy to pay [insert car financing company here] exorbitant amounts of money and think they're winning
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Leopards will be the same price, though.
Faces will be cheap though, there are plenty of those to go around for the next few years
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Almost everything powered by electricity will have some chinese made components.
And now do some basic Google Foo and find out what is manufactured in Taiwan. If China gets it's way, because Trump thinks Xi is cool and he's a good guy, China will just waltz in - TSMC, ASML and Trumpf have some safeguards in place as far as I know to destroy anything valuable. So while you might want to buy shit, you can't because the Cheeto and his cronies collapsed it.
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But in the case of the hefty tariffs that Trump put on China during his first term, economic studies found that most of those costs were passed on to American consumers.
Economists believe this could happen again. One study by the Peterson Institute for International Economics, for example, calculated that Trump’s current tariff plans would increase costs for a typical American household by $2,600 a year.
Paying more for everything to own the libs! 🤡
Cant buy vidya console, got more money for eggs?
5D chess here people!
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And fridges, washers, dryers, tvs, vacuums, cars, phones.
Basically anything that has a microcontroller you're going to be fucked.
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I'm actually really excited about the smuggling opportunities such a high tariff presents. It's a real job creator. It's been a long time since we've had major smuggling operations on the great lakes. Will be a big boom for Chicago too, since that's the point where the smuggled goods get put on trains. Maybe even get the outfit back together.
Al Capone watching his successors continue his legacy by smuggling PS5s and pirating games lol
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I thought Republicans were the anti-tax party?
People think that foreign countries pay the tariffs and I'm not sure trump doesn't think that as well.
Also, that food magically appears in grocery stores.
Gawd or something
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Not to forget these crazy machines that'll give you free money if you smash in one of those weird plastic thingys from your purse. Absolutely bonkers!
Even if they did, they would still be passing that cost down to us.
And even if they did, do they think they are just going to swallow those fees?
I think the "logic" is that if things are too expensive to import then companies will start manufacturing them domestically and create jobs. But that almost never works out. An economist could probably explain why better than I can.
I do know that the better approach is to support those industries here. That's why we recently dumped a bunch of money into the CHIPS and Science act.
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It's not taxes, it's tariffs! Duh.
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No less than The Economist uses the BMI ("Big Mac Index") to compare economies.
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People did warn folks about this.
look closer at everything you own. 99.9% of it will be 40% more expensive if you have to buy it again
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Good work Gamers. Your hardware will be more expensive, but at least Biden won't be suggesting a non-enforceable DEI directive at the HR of those game studios.
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Apparently Google searches for "what is a tariff" skyrocketed after Trump won
Also "can I change my vote"
There are already quite a few regrets it seems, and the right wing are gonna learn how tariffs actually work real soon
I'm guessing the money they raise will also be used to help fund tax cuts for high income
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Good, gaming is for chud man children and incels.
Turns on Switch and looks at latest sales for jRPGs
Really nothing but anime fans lusting after booba.
Puts Unicorn Overlord in cart
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Truly proof gamers are the most oppressed group :c
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He’s surpassed Bob Barker in Orange competition next coat he’s basically in black face
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