laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 3 months agoThe truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truthlemmy.worldimagemessage-square166fedilinkarrow-up1612arrow-down112
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minus-squarethisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·3 months agoBusiness has to pay tariffs Business raises price to offset tariffs Customer pays increased price Tariffs are deemed illegal Business receives refunds for tariffs Customer pays the refund via taxes How is this anything but a transfer of wealth from citizens (the customers) to businesses?
minus-squareGoatSynagogue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoI mean, simply buying anything from a business is a “transfer of wealth from citizens (the customers) to businesses”, isn’t it?
minus-squarethisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 months agoBut you get something in return, which should be of equal value to you
minus-squarejumping redditor [they/them]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 months agoyes, and if you don’t like the exchange rate you don’t buy it.
minus-squareGoatSynagogue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoIt’s worth what you paid for it to you, otherwise you wouldn’t have bought it.
Business has to pay tariffs
Business raises price to offset tariffs
Customer pays increased price
Tariffs are deemed illegal
Business receives refunds for tariffs
Customer pays the refund via taxes
How is this anything but a transfer of wealth from citizens (the customers) to businesses?
I mean, simply buying anything from a business is a “transfer of wealth from citizens (the customers) to businesses”, isn’t it?
But you get something in return, which should be of equal value to you
yes, and if you don’t like the exchange rate you don’t buy it.
It’s worth what you paid for it to you, otherwise you wouldn’t have bought it.