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Re:Tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer... by glimshe on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @01:09PM (#43093067)
In theory, tariffs have the potential to bring back jobs to a highly industrialized nation like the US, benefitting the poor with more and better jobs. Income tax can't do that.
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Re:Tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer... by qingcharles on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @03:38PM (#43094775)
Nobody is going to build a manufacturing plant knowing that Trump is only using the tariffs as leverage and they will be rescinded next week. Most of the tariffs he signed in are already gone.

And even if they stay during Trump they might get killed in two or four years if the gov shifts sides.

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Re:Tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer... by glimshe on Tuesday February 18, 2025 @07:25PM (#43096976)
If that's true, the tariffs won't be a tax on the poor either.
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Re:Tariffs result in 10% laptop price hike in U.S. says Acer... by qingcharles on Wednesday February 19, 2025 @01:23AM (#43099164)
True. Or at least, only for a short time.
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