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Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by Aeolun on Wednesday November 06, 2024 @07:13PM (#42071644)
BMW doesn’t get the tarriff anyway. Why would they be happy about it?
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Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by ToDougie on Thursday November 07, 2024 @12:55PM (#42079072)
Germany gets the tariff, and the people keep voting for the politicians who support it, so.......... I suppose the Germans are happy?
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Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by Photato on Thursday November 07, 2024 @06:29PM (#42082336)
Why on earth would you think Germany gets to collect a tariff that the US imposes on imported goods. It makes zero sense. The US collects the tariff. It's effectively an extra tax citizens pay for imported goods. It hurts the people and it hurts the companies producing the goods.
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Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by andrepd on Friday November 08, 2024 @02:19AM (#42084919)
Guess it's not just "hillbillies" and rubes who don't know how tariffs work, it's also "very educated" people in hackernews telling us about "simple simple stuff"!
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Re:Former President Trump is projected to win the presidency by Aeolun on Friday November 08, 2024 @06:45AM (#42086077)
Enlighten us, oh wonderful wizard. Why does Germany get taxes the US imposes?

The whole point is that people buy shit from the US by making the German stuff more expensive.

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