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JohnnieMac
@JohnnieMac@mastodon.scot · Sep 09
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What! Wait!
Americans pay Trumps tariffs?
Isn’t that like setting yourself on fire to stop mosquito bites?
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Dgar
@dgar@aus.social · Sep 09
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@JohnnieMac@mastodon.scot @MeanwhileinCanada@ohai.social this is effective, btw.
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aburka 🫣
@aburka@hachyderm.io · Sep 09
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@dgar@aus.social @JohnnieMac@mastodon.scot @MeanwhileinCanada@ohai.social unlike tariffs which are not
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Karl-in-Ecuador
@KarlinEcuador@social.vivaldi.net · Sep 09
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tariffs = taxes
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MyYeeHaa
@MyYeeHaa@mastodon.social · Sep 09
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... essentially taxes without representation
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Karl-in-Ecuador
@KarlinEcuador@social.vivaldi.net · Sep 09
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When a President does it yes.
Congress has the legal authority to raise taxes.
Tariffs were the only form of taxes in 1776.
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WallOffTrump
@davidarnell@mastodon.world · Sep 09
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He has to 'tax' regular consumers to make up for the free ride he gives to American elite billionaire oligarchs.
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Bill Witte
@anisian@alaskan.social · Sep 09
@MeanwhileinCanada@ohai.social Right you are. I have a small purchase from Germany that is being held by DHL while they figure out what I need to pay. 🤮 on FDT
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derptron
@crazyeddie@mastodon.social · Sep 09
@MeanwhileinCanada@ohai.social And they're providing just tremendous profit! Numbers are WAY up. So high up that we were able to give a bunch away to some people who really needed it. Even more than the tariffs are pulling in!!!
Fuck the bills.
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SeigeA
@seigea@mastodon.ashevillains.org · Sep 09
@MeanwhileinCanada@ohai.social This administration's consumer tax is just another way to fund racism
Of course it's an abusive manipulation tactic to cut someone off from resources and support
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Robin Barton
@Robo105@mastodon.social · Sep 09
@MeanwhileinCanada@ohai.social I love it and so true
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Havyhh2
@havvyhh2@mas.to · Sep 09
@MeanwhileinCanada@ohai.social this is delicious....
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Edelruth, PBS Passport Holder
@Edelruth@mastodon.online · Sep 09
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That's the best map ever. Worth a 1000 words.
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Sam Izby
@izby@mastodon.social · Sep 09
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Correct. That's how it works.
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K_L_Cooper
@k_leyton_cooper@mastodon.social · Sep 09
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True dat❗️❗️❗️
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xs4me2
@xs4me2@mastodon.social · Sep 09
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And they will pay dearly…
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