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So, with the tax cuts Trump widens the deficit.  Yes, more money is coming in to US Treasury, paid by US consumers.

The rest of the world is trading with each other instead.  The US is losing business.

What it does not say is the soft power, the trust is gone.  No one trusts what Trump will do to the dollar, t bonds or trade.  All costs will rise a result.

Trump has brought extra costs, smaller markets, and trade uncertainty.

The dollar will continue to fall. The worst thing is the damage will be more permanent than he is.

Otherwise-Link-396

I don't think the tariffs are affecting us yet. 
Lots of companies bought in bulk in anticipation of the tariffs. 
When those run out... We will see what happens.

Intelligent_City2644

I used to work for a company that imported bicycles and toys.  These things are ordered from overseas almost a year in advance.  It will take a while for the pricing and resulting order changes to hit a lot of goods.

JP2205

Well, it's damning our car manufacturers to auto-hell.  Ford has said that they're expecting a 2 BILLion hit to the bottom line.   That's going to raise auto costs.  

 Raising the tariff-tax might be a good idea except that the government is spending a lot more money than it's taking in.

TheGoodCod

Trump’s not only damaging the US economy he is actually destroying and decimating the American economy and if he’s too stupid to even realize the damage he’s already done and the consequences that all of America will have to suffer because of his stupidity and ignorance.

Apprehensive_Idea758

Seeing the budget bill pass days ago indicate that both Trump and both chambers of the US congress intend to destroy the US in order for the rich people to make more money.

People are nicknaming [One Big Beautiful Bill Act](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Big_Beautiful_Bill_Act) the "Reverse Robin Hood Bill" and the "We're All Going to Die Act". It's said to be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in US history. They cut health care, make it harder to go to college to become a doctor, and there are huge increases in defense and ICE spending. The University of Pennsylvania says in a letter to Senate leaders warning that cuts to health programs in the bill would lead to over 51,000 preventable deaths annually.  I believe the housing policy and health care policy is fascist plans to kill over 100,000 Americans every year, probably millions if war breaks out. Alligator Auschwitz is very [real](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extermination_camp) in how dangerous things are getting when the people keep forgetting history.

AmericanSahara

as soon as the election 2024 was called for donald, it should have been known we were all in deep shit. donald was going to take the policies of his first term (which were failures) and go into overdrive. Tarriffs are terrible so he puts them on every country. 

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was a failure as they were deficit financed tax cuts (mostly for the rich), exploded the debt, and failed to deliver any meaningful growth (republicans claimed ridiculous numbers: anywhere from 3 to 5% GDP growth).

donald also failed on the trade deficit as it was increased as he said his tariffs would reduce it. His second term will only exacerbate it.

when viewed on unemployment, jobs numbers, and gdp growth, donald's first term was anemic up until 2020 and following the covid response... an UTTER DISASTER

and the idiots said put this multibankruptcy convicted felon back into the office...

how ridiculous is that

geomaster

Donald Trump set a deadline of July 9 2025 for trade deals to be made before he hits some of the world’s biggest economies with his controversial tariffs. It’s impossible to predict what will happen on the day, but it is already clear that his economic policies are damaging American interests.

BTC_is_waterproof

How could a man who bankrupted his companies four times, allegedly using bankruptcy to protect personal interests, be entrusted with shaping economic policies for the world’s largest economy? The critical issue is his mindset: while failure is a universal teacher, Trump’s repeated bankruptcies, four in total, suggest a unique approach to success that diverges from conventional measures of responsibility. It is his distorted mindset that makes him a dangerous force, capable of wreaking havoc on the $21 trillion U.S. economy.

DuplicatedMind

Dumbo campaigned on retribution. He's a worthless nepo-failson who just wants to hurt as many people as possible, and his cult wants to burn the country down for their dream of a fascist, white nationalist utopia. Unfortunately lots of ignorant people didn't see it and voted for this shitshow or stayed home. Self-immolation it is.

bdf369

If everything gets made in the US , the price of everything will be a lot higher because we’re not taking advantage of other countries lower wages . If trump targeted just high tech manufactured products it makes sense , computer chips , cars planes etc….   Putting base tariffs on everything is nuts because we don’t want to build low end products unless you have thousands of children you want to put in our labor force .  Tariffs can be a useful tool or a destructive bomb , trumps wants to nuke them all 🤯🤯🤯

Extreme_Character830

10-  US Bond rates UP, predict worsening economy domestically and int't. 

See= [https://www.investing.com/rates-bonds/u.s.-10-year-bond-yield-historical-data](https://www.investing.com/rates-bonds/u.s.-10-year-bond-yield-historical-data)

GDstpete

Which tariffs again?! I lost track of what’s in place and what not and exchange rates went crazy, so that might as well start hurting the imports of raw materials and stuff. Idk..

nighshad3

Trump's tariffs have so far caused little inflation based on the most recent financial data which the administration admits may be poorly modeled due to self-imposed staffing cuts. FIFY

somethingsimple78

Duh. The effect is not instantaneous. many of the tariffs haven't even taken effect yet. Once products arrive, then work their way through the distribution system, The cost is added, usually, to the products that tariffs were paid on, then they hit consumers. That would be when the product hits the shelf, not when the product is shipped from the foreign country.

formerly_gruntled

"So far" has only been about 2 months of tumultuous tariff drama. I'll wait a little longer to see how companies adapt to the tax hikes on their inputs.

Lets_Kick_Some_Ice

Are tariffs actually in place? I haven’t been keeping track, but I thought all of them were paused for 30 or 90 days. I know there have been some on China, but the 145% didn’t last long and I thought the “final” tariff rate wasn’t far from the 25% it has been for many years.

ChicagoDash

This is consistent with what economics would teach us about tariffs, by the way. An indirect tax like a tariff creates a tax wedge between consumer prices and the price producers receive. This tax wedge gets passed to consumers either through higher prices (if the federal reserve accommodates the tax increase) or lower wages/employment. 

Since both prices and wages are sticky in the short run (nominal rigidities), employment gets hit first. Given the Fed’s mandate to control unemployment, this can policy force them to react with expansionary monetary policy, but they’ve yet to do that so far 

Without that accommodation, aggregate demand in the economy is relatively unchanged, so any increase in prices of certain goods means that there’s less to spend on non-tariffed goods and services, lowering their demand and price to counteract. ie: relative price changes (not inflation) vs general price changes (inflation)

The Fed often chooses to look through one-time price increases, like a tariff, to instead react to the underlying economic harm

Obvious_Chapter2082

Maybe overall but on the grocery side, I know my family is feeling it already. We have seen roughly a $36 increase in our normal staples we buy each week.

seamonsterco

We are 136 days into this administration, and most of these tariffs aren't truly in effect (hence the taco nickname). What we have is economic instability, layoffs, supply chain interruptions and several companies deciding not to complete planned moves to the US and some restructuring of manufacturing to leave the US market.

MizzGee

Trump's tariffs have caused little inflation because nobody knows whether there are going to be tariffs or not everytime he comes off the toilet.

Successful-Train-259

Yeah, I get the data collected at the government level isn't showing it, but I'm seeing inflation noticeably on many, not all, grocery items and big ticket items. Like 10-20% increases in the last few months. Anyone else seeing this show up in their day to day lives?

_Captain_Amazing_

For construction, suppliers and manufacturers went ahead and purchased an entire year's with of supplies to avoid losing money. Tariffs are still expected to disrupt everything and we're being told prices are going up, but it depends on when supplies run out and what tariffs kick in. It's all just a waiting game, now.

PocketPanache

The Economist:

The first post-Liberation Day data for PCE showed little tariff impact: seasonally adjusted goods prices rose by just 0.1% in April. But this is in part because companies hoarded to avoid tariffs and:

&gt; With tariffs higher than during much of the Depression, consumers are bound to see some effect in time. The question is how much, and how soon?

&gt; The most straightforward way to measure this effect would have been to calculate the share of American consumer spending represented by imports from each country, before multiplying it by tariff rates. Unfortunately, doing so would be too simplistic. Although consumers bear much of the cost of tariffs, American and foreign firms pay a share as well, and imports represent only part of a retail price: much of the cost of a shirt, for instance, goes on rent, wages, transport fees and profits. Moreover, many imports are intermediate goods, such as the crude oil that gets refined into petrol once in America.

They [cite research](https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5262458) by the Federal Reserve bank of Boston which finds that:

&gt; Since America is a fairly self-sufficient, services-driven economy, the duo find that the potential impact of tariffs on consumer prices is small. 

The research says imports only make up about 10% of core PCE (6% directly consumed, 4% indirect via inputs like steel). 

They do not address market-driven behavior changes like companies moving manufacturing to less tariffed countries that may influence impact. The Economist creates a new model based on the Fed's research that they intend to update every month to estimate inflation caused by on-going tariffs.

mulemoment

What tariffs? There has only been sporadic bursts of tariffs and it’s allowed companies to order around them as he just flip flops all over the place.

The trade war has just begun, it’s way too early to have articles claiming victory.

kale_boriak

Do It Best is going to either go out of business or have to source everything from America. I work in one of their distribution centers on the west coast and we went from unloading 5-15 containers per day to 15 per month. My whole warehouse is at 20-25 hrs a week, and will likely soon be laid off. That may not cause inflation, but it won't be good for Americans.

Taikiteazy

We started down this rabbit hole in April, and retailers are just now raising prices. The pain was delayed, but it's now arriving. It only gets worse from here. This is also not taking into account that the economy has contracted. That stymied inflation, but it would have been better to have the inflation. Negative growth is far worse.

chrisdpratt

If I caused the market to swing, and I mean a god damn tornado picking up a feather. If my kkklan was making money on the upswing, and the downswing...

Who lost money?

Time is about up for you apologists.  It's theft. It's absolutely criminal.  You people demonize the drug dealer, the shoplifter, the desperate society. 

These people stole money from millions of families.

You really think this is going to end well for you? You think stealing money from millions of people isn't going to end up touching your family?

Longdingleberry

My take is that the storm is not here yet, many companies rushed to buy components and anything that they can hoard to not pay the tariffs, some of them will not show the prices just yet some others like grocerie stores like walmart, etc... they are already updating the prices due to their fast product movement, so people is just slowly changing their buying decisions depending on whats getting a price update.

TACO is timing this, trying to rush the chinesse to get to a deal, so he can roll back the tariff just in time when most of the companies will get the hit once they need to replenish their stocks or such.

Now, things like food, meat, milk, eggs, wheat, all this is going to get hit anyways due to the inmigrant deportations, these products are going to go up in price and this is not because of the tariffs, this is because of the lack or workers, and yeah importing things like coffee, tropical fruits, etc... are getting hit too, people just wont buy as much as before, but this is a slow process.

So there is a storm forming with different variables and it is not here yet completely but it is starting to rain, wind comes next, but its coming. This is like a slow pain growing, you can hear companies already warning about layoffs also, etc... so fasten your seatbelt! this is just starting!

soldier_18

The Economist is clearly compromised at this point. This article completely ignores the long-term economic damage Trump’s tariffs are projected to cause and instead cherry-picks short-term inflation data to make it sound like everything is fine. Just because CPI hasn’t spiked yet doesn’t mean people aren’t already feeling the effects. I mean, show me small businesses that are not reporting higher costs, consumers that are not paying more, or economic models from Penn Wharton and Yale that do not predict serious losses over time. No seriously… I’ll wait. Acting like 0.4% inflation is the whole story is either deliberately misleading or dangerously naive, and the fact that this kind of framing keeps showing up in mainstream outlets suggests they’re more interested in staying on Trump’s good side than telling the truth. This farce from the media is a very clear sign of the erosion of democracy. A free press in fear is not a free press.

PutAdministrative809

Because he keeps chickening out. And the "best people" that work for him can't figure out how to collect the tariffs. And consumer spending is down &amp; international travel is down likely seeing a little deflation. So the Orange Stay Puft Marshmallow Man is definitely making the US poorer &amp; unpopular. Are we great yet?

Significant-Self5907

Companies with good profit margins on their items will be able to absorb some impacts and longer, they're big and has good connections that may even lower the tariffs on their products. Companies with very slim profit margins won't, don't have such convenient connections, they're small businesses, mom and pop stores.

Kobahk

I work for a distributor in a large industry where no amount of tariffs ever existed before.  The systems aren’t even setup to handle the level of complexity we are seeing.  It’s taking time and money to fix this, not to mention the growing number of suppliers imposing surcharges, and then on top of that we have to import the part to stock in the US.  In about 6 months we are going to all feel it from every direction.  Get ready.  

blahblahblah3times

Beg to differ.  2 items from Walmart today a small box of tampons and a T-shirt is now $35!! But please tell us how there is little inflation

Just_Patt5

People generally don’t understand supply chains and how much of cluster these tariffs are administratively. It takes time to crunch the numbers to understand the financial headwind. Then those numbers need to be understood by leadership, then you need to figure out a methodology to apply and communicate that to customers. This all takes time, but is absolutely in motion. Some companies may ultimately choose to reduce promotions/make cuts to try to absorb the impact. Net-net though we/the economy have not begun to feel the inevitable impact of the tariffs, but will be to varying degrees depending on industry/product in next 1-3 months.

seenitredditdntcare2

That’s because he keeps putting them on then delaying them. To me that means he knows they will cause massive inflation, which we’re starting to see right now in retail and grocery stores. 

The inventory corporations bought in anticipation of Trump’s nonsensical trade war is about to run out. And TACO Boy keeps playing cards he does not have.

Gr8daze

inflation is a lagging indicator, it takes sometimes a considerable amount of time to pass from policy announcements to inflation in the economy. 

Much of the Trump tariffs are yet to be enacted, almost all the reaction we've seen to them so far is just from tge threat of them.

launchedsquid

Tariffs have yet to work their way through the market. They will hit like a tsunami when they finally do. President numb nuts is tanking our economy while he advocates for his tax bill that enriches the top 1%. The working class will get crumbs while the billionaires feast on caviar.

Bozo_Higgins

Misleading bull dukey 

The dollar has devalued about 10% compared to the world's other stable currencies. Prices haven't risen much but your money is worth 10% less. It's amazing how many people don't understand simple mathematics

Edited for clarity

not_a_total_dick

It is well established in the macroeconomics literature that inflation is highly lagging. It typically takes about 6-18 months after a shock before inflation begins to respond.

LordApsu

Unless the government is being told to report false numbers. Farm information sound familiar? I don’t trust this administration as far as I can throw them!

Outrageous_Agent_576

Little inflation, yes. However, job markets are more than likely cooling in the United States. I can’t help but think this is a more direct impact of the tariff whiplash. The real impacts of Tariffs on inflation haven’t been realized, but the uncertainty (fear) is widespread throughout the economy. (Anecdotal, US. Bank, jpmorgan, The Economist and more) (commented before May 2025 Jobs Numbers Release)

Not_A_Holcrux

So, if it’s all about the economy, and the President is opening waging financial war on US consumers, when do the treason and impeachment hearings start?

Fantastic-Emu-6105

People are writing the tariffs off as a temporary negotiating tactic and afraid to raise prices first if the whole thing will be over in another 3 months

airbear13

also gotta consider how it's affecting the housing market, the inflation numbers are been countered by crashing homes been sold and therefore prices dropping, housing caused some of the biggest inflation on the states compared to consumer goods. but the problem is no one is buying either so it feels to me like some skewed reports, more times needs to go by imo

ruigo88

Spoke with a friend in the USA last night and asked him how it feels in the ground. He said it was a mixed bag and he felt a proportion of price rises were gouging and some genuine while other businesses were maintaining existing prices.

chunderwood

I work in retail goods. Trust me it was about to go DOWN haha. Every brand was scrambling and the tariff pause was the only reason things didn’t absolutely light on fire.

chriztopherz

There's a frog sitting by the riverside and up walks a scorpion. Scorpion says hey Mr. frog would you put me on your back and take me across the river because I can't swim. The frog says why would I do that you're a scorpion you can kill me. Scorpion says why would I do that I need to get to the other side of the river. So after a few minutes of bantering back-and-forth the frog tells the scorpion to go ahead and climb on his back and they start across the river. Halfway across the river the scorpion stings the frog with his poisonous stinger. The frog turns around and says why would you do that, now we're both gonna die? Scorpion looks down at the frog and says, because I'm a scorpion and that's what we do!

Jmsjss2912

Because he keeps pausing them. If he is able to level tariffs (illegal) you will see substantial inflation. That being said, projected inflation for the year is 9.1 percent. Under Biden the inflation rate was 4.5 percent.so we seem to be moving towards stagflation. A wonderful time of raising prices and high unemployment. This is the results of having an orange clown 🤡 in the White House. 
For all you who voted for him, you enjoy!

retiredteacher175

Inflation in 2025 is currently lower than the recent past but is projected to rise later in the year as tariffs work their way through the economy, with some forecasts suggesting inflation could approach or exceed 3–4% by year-end if tariff effects are fully realized

2025 policies—particularly sweeping tariffs—has been to increase the cost of living for most Americans. Independent forecasts and economic models predict higher prices, slower growth, and greater financial strain, especially for lower- and middle-income households. Projected harm includes persistent inflation, increased household expenses, and heightened economic uncertainty, with the potential for lasting negative impacts on family budgets and the broader economy.

Many_Trifle7780

Tax bill

benefits are heavily skewed toward higher-income households and come at the direct expense of health care, food assistance, and educational opportunities for millions of American families. The bill is projected to increase the number of uninsured, reduce food security, and deepen economic inequality

I don’t think tariffs are fully in effect and we should see the visible impact late summer to fall time frame. All the tariff announcements did was cause business to pause investment and ordering of goods and services.

STN_LP91746

Put loyalists in every government agency and expect lies. People have eyes. MAGAts made the election about eggs prices and inflation. Now they don’t know what the big deal is.

ThrowRA-James

I can still remember way back last month when this sub and most of reddit was just absolutely certain that by June or July all the shelves in all the stores were going to be completely empty. People were even posting pictures of it “already happening at my local store”. Funny how that didn’t happen and isn’t going to happen. And it’s not like there’d have been no new tariffs at all. Sure he TACO’d some of them but plenty went into effect. Don’t get me wrong, Trump is a dumbass but there are people on this sub hyperventilating every time the wind changes direction.

Listening_Heads

I call bs to these numbers. My whole industry has been hit hard by these tariffs. It is impossible to provide quotes that include accurate tariffs, as all of my suppliers have called them fluid and specifically note that they will change w/o warning. Merchandise I sell is considered non-essential, so business is down 50%. What people are buying costs 5%-22.5% more right now. This is on top of the fact they all raised their prices approx. 5% to 14%, before the tariffs started accumulating. Inflation may not be increasing much, but my industry in basically in a recession.

thinking_outloud_900

No matter how the deals play out, every other country can try to pivot trade to countries which don't have tariffs. The US is in a prison of its own design and cannot do so.

mikeontablet

Almost every country in the world is now scrambling to rework their trade away from the US.

This doesn't happen overnight. But, the urgency is off the charts in most countries.

In Canada we sell a huge percentage of our oil to the US. We are going to build new pipelines to get oil and gas to the coasts. Once this is done, it is done. Even if an entirely sane, trustworthy, and competent government takes over the US, those pipeline will mean permanently higher fuel prices from Canada, as we will now sell it as a commodity and not be trapped as we are selling it to the US.

Other facilities are being built, and other barriers removed to get our trade out to the world. 

Other countries are happy to have our stuff, and will do fair deals we can trust.

Where this could get very bad for the US is that companies like BYD are just sitting there waiting to replace the US car market all over the world. 

We won't just throw the US out tomorrow, as that is just not feasible, but every single day we take another step toward a non US eccentric economy. 

Not only are countries like Canada (with a giant US border) rethinking our relationship with the US due to the present administration, but realizing that even previous, seemingly sane, administrations were also highly abusive. That game is over; it is just taking time to extricate from this abusive relationship.

LessonStudio

It's simple common sense: the US is the only country putting tariffs on and waging a trade war on almost all other countries.

Other countries may lose *some* % of their exports to the US, while the US puts a tax on almost *all* imports.

x_Lyze

For those who don't feel like watching the featured video: 

To put it succinctly, Ian Lee (an associate professor at the Sprott School of Management at Carleton University) tears apart the U.S.'s proposed 50% copper tariff as economic self-sabotage. Copper isn’t just another commodity; it’s the irreplaceable backbone of everything from smartphones to solar panels with no good alternatives. Slapping tariffs on it will jack up costs for U.S. industries while the rest of the world buys cheaper copper elsewhere. Worse, supply is already squeezed by shrinking ore quality, decade-long mine delays, and environmental pushback, guaranteeing shortages. Lee bets Trump will chicken out and reverse course (again) after industry backlash. Meanwhile, Canada, which is sitting on huge copper reserves, could be the solution by fast-tracking mines and replacing China as America’s supplier, but red tape keeps screwing it up. Bottom line? Dumb tariff, predictable retreat, and a missed chance for Canada to cash in.

human_in_the_mist

Tariffs are a tool designed to seed &amp; fertilize long term  domestic  growth. Usually, you'd want to have some very specific targeted industries that you're trying to focus on, and have alignment with the key players in that sector 


This tool has not been wielded with long term strategy, nor any industry involvement. It's being used more or less as a punishment tool. But ultimately really only affects consumers. 


This would be a very classic example of a poor use of tariffs by unskilled economic leaders.  

Cheesy-GorditaCrunch

Wouldn’t it be wild if he was tanking the economy on purpose so that when people default on their houses the billionaires will come in and swoop in and buy them at a reduced value?

FiscalCliffClavin

Just wondering whether this is what people voted for? A soon-to-be $300 billion tax on American consumers that will make almost everything more expensive.

Conscious-Quarter423

Adam Smith had it right. Tariffs don't help any country; they only inhibit the economy. Most countries have a comparative advantage in a product or service that will benefit from free trade without added restrictions or tariff cost.

Nyzip

Tariffs provide unmatched insider trading opportunities for drumpf and co with the adding benefit of distracting the rubes from how much project 2025 is hurting them (and nearly everyone else)
It's transparent corruption that may be unprecedented in the history of the USA

Zealousideal-Law4610

And 9 out of 10 republicans would vote for him again.

Opposite_Community11

What about the TRUMPSTEIN FILES?

•	⁠He ran on releasing the files. •	⁠Pam Bondi said the files were on her desk. •	⁠Suddenly there are no files. •	⁠It's a democrat hoax. •	⁠The files don't exist. •	⁠Obama made it up. •	⁠Trump needs space (Mike Johnson) •	⁠Democrats voted to release the files, twice. •	⁠Republicans vote no on releasing the files, twice. •	⁠Republicans take a recess to avoid any more votes. •	⁠Trumps personal attorney meets with Maxwell. •	⁠Trump avoids visiting victims. •	⁠Trump wishes child trafficker Ghislaine maxwell, well. •	⁠Trump states: "I never had the privilege" when asked if he had visited the island. •	⁠Trump states: "we have the files" •	⁠Trump asked specifically whether Epstein had stolen Giuffre (one of Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors that led the charge calling for his arrest. Guiffre, who died by suicide in April, has said she met Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell while she was working at Mar-a-Lago as a teenager. Trump states:"I think she worked at the spa," Trump said. "I think so. I think that was one of the people. He stole her, and by the way, she had no complaints about us, as you know, none whatsoever." •	⁠Reporter asks tump: Mr. President, you said Jeffrey Epstein was stealing young women from your spa. Did that raise alarm bells for you?” she asked. As he tried to listen to the other question, Trump interrupted sharply: “Be quiet!” When Collins repeated the question, Trump again replied: “Be quiet!”

hedbopper

 The real inflation numbers must be being suppressed because everyones bills are going up by 6 or 7 percent .
  While the Republicans are saying Inflation is tame.

RobotAlbertross

SHVRC

&gt;A quarter of those surveyed said they spent at least three hours a day worrying about their finances and ability to afford basic necessities. Another 25% of respondents said they or someone in their household had skipped meals in the past year in order to make ends meet, and 26% said they had fallen behind on their monthly bills over the past year.

That's nearly a whole day each week of stressing their financial situation. Not eating because of it and falling behind in their current monthly dues.

But this shit has been the norm for a decade now and somehow it gets glossed over by media while more and more households fall into economic distress.

&gt;Half of those polled also believe congressional Republicans have made life more difficult, with 41% believing Democrats have made life more difficult.

Look America, Democrats do not have the votes to make your finances difficult. Full stop. So you 41% are just, barking up the wrong tree. MAGA is pricing you out. For sake of their billionaire donors and their own damn gains, MAGA is pricing you out. The only blame that can be put on Democrats is their failure to retain as well gain seats in Congress. They have nothing to do with current policy that is pricing people into distress.

kon---

Christmas will be unaffordable for most of us this year. Meanwhile the upper echelon of our society will pay less in taxes and will receive many more rewards for hoarding money. Greed is now totally in style. Trump is the most financially incompetent yet money obsessed pervert pig I've ever ever had the absolute displeasure of setting my eyes on. I look forward to the day I can pay somebody with a drone to deliver a bottle of my fetid, stale urine to dump all over his grave. That would be money well spent regardless of economic conditions.

Jax72

Karegian

Extreme_Magician7806

6 out of 10, the others are maga pedophiles, rapists and fascists.

GansNaval

But Biden. Obama. Yes, Obama. Brown people coming across the border in waves raping white girls (yes, yes, I know. But we don't talk about that). Vaccines making people sick. Media is the enemy of the people. It's woke, very woke. Like universities. Look at Universities. (I said we don't talk about that!)

BrtFrkwr

Republican voters are the dumbest subspecies of human

MrDarkzideTV

Lowering or even eliminating income tax in favor of tariffs is a regressive tax system.   

Rather than having tiers of income tax based on how much you make, everyone pays tariff prices on the things we need everyday.  Lower income families pay a greater % of their income, in many cases all of their income, on everyday items.  In other words, like a flat tax, it burdens the poor and lets the rich off the hook.

128-NotePolyVA

Year over year, my electric bill is up 25%, and Progressive just hiked my rates 15% after holding steady through all the "Biden inflation". (I have complete records of all bills, payments, card and check transactions, etc going back 30 years in Microsoft Money, so this isn't idle bullshit; I ain't no Rocket Money customer. I balance all my accounts every month.) Fucking Trump and the Republicans. The result of them is inevitable.

Every “Unified Republican Government” Ever Has Led to a Financial Crash

https://thereformedbroker.com/2016/12/13/every-unified-republican-government-ever-has-led-to-a-financial-crash/

deviltrombone

So what do the 2/10 people who believes tariffs are a major issue but the economy isn't Trumps fault believe exactly?

Is this just an unwillingness to admit to reality?

azure275

What the fuck is wrong with 4 out of 10 Americans

cpatel479

Since there’s talk of withholding the alleged $600 “tariff check” to American citizens from Democratic voters, I suggest Republican voters get to carry the full burden of screwing the economy. What’s fair is fair.

ProjectBOHICA

Trump is also to blame for a few rapes. Including a 14 yeard old girl.

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The good news is that we can stop working about the impact of his tariffs. We'll *know* soon enough.

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Own-Opinion-2494

And just wait!  It is only going to get worse and worse!!

Release the Epstein files pedo!!

Certain-Fill3683

How long until we see trump stickers "I did this!"

SubstantialPressure3

They are clueless and even if this is true, it doesn’t matter to how they vote.  They’re all that fucking dumb and it’s infuriating.

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Basic_Excitement3190

Here comes the pain economically. People will be losing a giant part of their purchasing power very soon. And it will be from these idiotic tariffs that Trump has placed on everything. Congress and the courts have allowed this to go on. Why? Because it will not really affect them! They have money to burn. The people who don’t have the same income to burn. They will really be hurt.

Ricref007

And who does the Tangerine TACO represent?

The ruling capitalist class.

This is an issue simply about the capitalist system screwing everybody over to increase its profitability at our collective expense.

InternationalFig400

But but but eggs are down 160% &amp; gas is below $2 I saw it on infowars

7Up-Yours

Yeah... The Whitehouse is butt hurt over a cartoon like South Park and not addressing these worries.

bpeden99

Half of those are people that didn't bother to vote. Fuck them

ReplacementFeisty397

The implications of President Trump's tariffs are resulting in significant revenue for the government but leading to increased prices for consumers and economic uncertainties.

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