• wewbull@feddit.uk
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    27 days ago

    Well tariffs are import tax. Imports are driven by consumption and consumption doesn’t go up in response to heavy new taxes.

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      27 days ago

      That depends a bit on the type of consumption. Foreign versus domestic. The problem being that capitalists hollowed out all manufacturing in the United States. And so now most of the consumption is from foreign sources. There are no domestic sources, and therefore it is simply a flat price increase.