Was he actually thinking that those $450 were just gifted by the exporter?
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How does this benefit me?
Is the satisfaction of making dear leader and his rich friends richer not enough for you?
Bro… dear leader is sending everyone $2000 for how rich the tariffs made him, and he doesn’t even need congressional approval to do so… much like blowing up random boats in international waters and attempting to steal Greenland.
In theory by making him not buy from a Spanish supplier and choosing a cheaper American one (given the tariffs), strengthening America’s industry, creating a stronger economy that leads to prosperity, better education, healthcare, habitation and salaries.
IN THEORY
There are plenty of benefits - dei is illegal, trans folks aren’t able to compete in women’s sports, brown people are afraid to go outside. Does that supersede $450? You tell me.
I bet he didn’t even say thank you for the opportunity to
führerfurther line their pocketsHahaha thank you for the laugh and not only with the golden call back to Zelenskyy!
He must be a domestic terrorist or something if he’s not unequivocally grateful for the opportunity to personally enrich dear leader!
At first you think he may just be naive of how tarrifs work. Which is still true, but it doesn’t explicitly label him as maga.
Then he says this…
How does this benefit me?
And there it is. The selfish attitude that tells me he voted for this exact outcome without a clue what that outcome actually was. Just voted for his team, and didn’t bother with the details. Oh well. Have the day you voted for.
Not only that but imagine if he was right and the seller paid the tariff, does he honestly think they would just eat the loss?
He thinks mexico paid for the wall.
He thinks the wall was fully built years ago in trumps first term.
He believes trump tells the truth.
In other words, he did “his own research”, which consisted of believing his own biases, and confirming them in an echo chamber.
It’s amazing how some people still don’t fully grasp that Trump supporters don’t look at the world, they just look at Trump to tell them what they would see if they did.
no they actually look at fox, and even what some right wing grifter tells them. trump is just there as “eye candy” for these companies and people.
Maybe op should have bought domestic <niche item only available in Spain> instead of importing it.
lol frfr. these people have NO clue what tariffs are meant for.
domestic <niche item only available in Spain>
Domestic manchego. Aka Velveeta.
Let’s just say for the sake of the argument that the exporter did have to pay taxes on the purchases. The exporter isn’t going to pay $450 of of pocket. The purchaser is still going to have to pay the $450 taxes.
Maybe that Plato guy had a point about democracy damn
Democracies are very vulnerable to propaganda. I’m not sure what the solution is, though.
Education is a good solution to most problems.
except it wont work on the anti-intellectuals or “percieved disenfranchised” people.
Obviously if you already failed at educating people that’s hard to fix later. So children education should be the focus.
Because monarchs and nobles never made terrible decisions?
Yeah but look at how dumb the people who want to end it are. I think it’s just that the powerful are stupid
What if you don’t pay it / wait it out until finding out the supreme Court ruling?
Based on the wording of the screenshot in the post, DHL already paid to get it across the border and is waiting on OOP to pay them back their $450 before they do last-mile delivery.
Not paying them is a good way to get them to ship it back to the sender and refuse to deliver to the address until they’re made whole for both the import taxes and return shipping.
It doesnt get delivered
At least companies could put it in the pricing up front, but boy the tweeter is dense if they are real.
denser than a bowl of oatmeal
Why would they put it in the pricing? It looks like it’s the shipper collecting the fee on behalf of the government, the seller doesn’t see that money at any point.
I’ve continued to order a few things from abroad. In my experience, the seller has always had a warning about high tariffs.
I’m waiting for Trump to tell him how incredibly ungrateful he is for not supporting Trump’s drive to increase US production/Trump’s bank account.
im pretty sure trump said that in various ways already: You will have a lower quality of life, get used to it, and STop asking questions and you supported what i campaigned on,etc.
I had the same issue with a piece of music equipment. Unfortunately, I didn’t know it was coming from Europe until DHL asked me for money.
I just ate $34.80 in import fees for a sweater recently. It’s rough. The pig will swing soon.
Is it at least a good sweater?
I had an imported parcel get lost last year, and the seller was kind enough to just send out another. I paid the fees for the replacement and then after six months the original parcel showed up. Funny how that happens.
My fashion sense used to have me looking like I was in a yet-unreleased Final Fantasy, but the further we go into fascism times, the more I end up drifting away from that. One of my friends recently said I look like an android refugee. I suppose she’s not wrong. Most of my wardrobe is like this now.
Omg that is a fantastic sweater. I’m temporarily handicapped at the moment, have to use crutches or zimmer, and that there is the pocket of dreams. You look super stylish. I’m sorry to hear of your health woes - I hope some recovery is possible.
My second stroke was over two years ago. Physical therapy every day! Gotta keep at it!
I’m terrible at Megabonk though, just like everyone else. And I play a lot of solo board games to help with the motor function! Currently neck-deep in Arydia and Stars of Akarios!
Android refugee isn’t a bad look, it looks very cool.
I’m no fashion icon but I do find it annoying that most clothing I come across is symmetrical. I don’t know what I like more, the asymmetry or the pocket of champions. Incredible.
If you have a link to wherever you got it I wouldn’t mind having a window shop. Thanks for sharing!
Yup! For stuff that fits this vibe, I usually hit up ZOLNAR on Etsy, but their stuff often feels more like uniforms than street clothes; and Navaho Clothing there, which is where this piece came from.
I’m not much of an advertiser and I’m not really about spamming that stuff, so there’s no links. Hope that’s okay!
When the current ways fail, return to the old ways.
Knitting a jumper requires time, patience, and a modicum of skill but nothing outside the ability of a determined beginner. It can be done while watching TV!
You can also make it 100% wool instead of acrylic or polyester, which most clothes are made from now-a-days. Therefore being warmer, longer lasting, slightly water resistant, more sustainable, and considerably more environmentally friendly when it inevitably meets its demise many years from now.
$34.80 would go a long way in covering the cost of the wool, potentially even all of it depending on the type chosen and your location.
Next thing you know you’ll be surrounded by your own-made blankets and scarves wondering why you ever put up with the plastic crap we’re sold in shops. And the warmest you’ve ever been!
I wish that I could make stuff, but you see how my right hand is curling a bit in the picture despite me trying to keep it straight?
Sadly, two strokes have done a number in my motor skills. My cane is resting just out of frame and I’m precariously balanced in that shot.
I didn’t see your picture before commenting. I’m sorry to hear that. I like your drip though, very avante garde!
You must have skills to knit a sweater while watching tv. I can’t even do a plain, no pattern, knit stitch only scarf without staring at it. I can listen to podcasts or something, just no looking away.
Watching is a strong word to be fair haha
Zoning in and out
This is literally how tariffs work. They don’t benefit you. They fuck you in your anus. We tried to tell you.
“But…I didn’t think it would be my anus!”
Leopards at my anus.
Seen that one
If they fucked me in the I’d at least have a good time. They fuck me in the wallet, which hurts a lot and not in a sexy way.
It’s all those woke economists’ fault (and literally anyone else who understands anything)!
woke economist
Oof, what an oxymoron 🤣
Wokenomics!
Thanks Obama!
If all the SMART people weren’t so WOKE then MAYBE I’d listen to them and we’d get some ACTUAL WORK done around here!!!
(Sorry to steal your comment, BigMacHole)
Let them do their own research now.
For fairness here, tarrifs can be beneficial and useful when specifically targeted at industries which you can compete globally in with commensurate subsidies. In other words, universal tarrifs is the same as shooting your own nuts off, but targeted tarrifs can be helpful in growing specific industries you can grow.
All tarrifs are paid by the population of the country doing the tarrifing, but when it’s well thought out and specifically targeted it can be a good thing.
Lastly, for clarity, fuck trump, what he’s doing is incredibly stupid and will only hurt US citizens.
Also: I think it would make more sense for those targeted tariffs to be one of the last steps in creating a home-grown industry, and not one of the first. Rather than slapping down some tariffs and hoping that your captains of industry will build the infrastructure to meet the demand, you’d instead want to subsidize the industry first, and only put the tariffs in place to curb imports once domestic production has ramped up. By applying the tariffs first, you’re just taxing your population with no incentive for change, because the demand doesn’t disappear while waiting for the industry to be built, and the people who might do the building can just pass the import costs on to the consumer anyhow.
Don’t forget the damage done by being so wildly inconsistent in maintaining the policy. MAYBE someone would invest in building production to take advantage of the tariff protections. However when you cancel the tariffs a month later, then reinstate them, then lower them, raise them, cancel them, and renew them again like a child mashing buttons, nobody will EVER invest in national production because they can’t expect those tariffs to still be there when the factories are ready. Trump would have to actively try to do more economic damage than he has already.
Now you’re thinking with tarrifs!
It’s also incredibly stupid that they tariff components.
If a US company wants to build a dishwasher then they’re probably going to have to buy some parts from China, because the US lacks vertical integration, except they’re not going to because those parts are also tariffed. So you might as well just make the dishwasher in China and pay a single tariff on the whole thing.
Is it possible that the Trump administration is just made up of idiots?
Possible? Donald Jesus Trump or his fapostles idiots? How could it be???
Possible? Donald Jesus Trump or his fapostles idiots? How could it be???
Aren’t taxes supposed to be paid according to the “tax incidence”, which depends on the elasticity of supply and demand? (Basically, how easy it is for respectively the seller and the buyer to find alternatives?) I guess that since a lot of products dont have domestic alternatives, US buyers have few alternatives, whereas foreign sellers have many (they dont necessarily have to sell to the US). As a result, yes, the US buyer will be paying most of the tariffs?
wish they did 😔
Sadly there are tariffs on those toys too. :(
You have to pay extra to get fucked.
😔
What you mad at lil bro? that’s called making america great again! Next time you order your equipment from USA 🏈🦅
“But they don’t make it here, everything is offshored.”
“Oh, well, should have thought of that first.”
Happens every time, dang it
blocks ears lalalalalalallalaa i cant hear you
🎻
So here is what you do:
- Shout out loud: “Teehee I am a foreign company now!”
- Pay your extra Glorious Golden Donny Dollars
- Get item (maybe)
- Get shot (eventually) (probably)
