sanitation@lemmy.today to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 12 days agoTrump’s tariffs resulted in a massive transfer of wealth from working people into the hands of millionaires and billionairelemmy.todayimagemessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageTrump’s tariffs resulted in a massive transfer of wealth from working people into the hands of millionaires and billionairelemmy.todaysanitation@lemmy.today to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 12 days agomessage-square58linkfedilink
minus-squareWirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 days agoConsidering he keeps “ending” the war on Iran to play with oil prices while he buys low sells high; makes me think the price gouging followed by tariff refunds was the real goal all along.
minus-squareTalcosis@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 days agoTariffs are just a roundabout way to implement flat tax. That’s why they talk about how tariff income will replace lost tax revenue.
minus-squareFaaaaaaa@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·12 days agoYup we known this was the plan for over a year. https://www.wired.com/story/cantor-fitzgerald-trump-tariff-refunds/
Considering he keeps “ending” the war on Iran to play with oil prices while he buys low sells high; makes me think the price gouging followed by tariff refunds was the real goal all along.
Tariffs are just a roundabout way to implement flat tax. That’s why they talk about how tariff income will replace lost tax revenue.
Yup we known this was the plan for over a year. https://www.wired.com/story/cantor-fitzgerald-trump-tariff-refunds/