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Re:Trump's NASA cuts would destroy decades of science and wi... by msgodel on Thursday June 12, 2025 @12:41PM (#44259791)
Tariffs are a tax on luxury consumption so he's doing that too.

And once again people are mad and trying to cut off their nose to spite their face.

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Re:Trump's NASA cuts would destroy decades of science and wi... by TimorousBestie on Thursday June 12, 2025 @01:05PM (#44260063)
It’s true that one can design tariffs to target luxury consumption specifically, and that’s been done in the past.

That’s not what is being done by this admin, however. AI-generated tariff rates on 2-letter ISO country codes are not targeted in any meaningful sense.

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Re:Trump's NASA cuts would destroy decades of science and wi... by searine on Thursday June 12, 2025 @12:49PM (#44259874)
Tariffs are a tax on the poor.
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Re:Trump's NASA cuts would destroy decades of science and wi... by searine on Thursday June 12, 2025 @01:17PM (#44260230)
Blanket tarrifs can't be avoided. Even limited to "luxuries", which they're not, will still include necessities for a modern productive society.

Hobbling the workforce is not a plan for success. It is robbery by the oligarch class.

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