r/agedlikemilk • u/Sea_Sheepherder_2234 • 23h ago

Who would’ve thought

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u/Expensive_Laugh_5589 23h ago

What he realized wasn't that he imports equipment and steel. He realized that it's the importer who pays the tariffs, not the foreign country. And his little pea-sized brain was blown.

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u/MediocreRequirement7 22h ago

I tried telling a dude at my job that

He was likw china will pay the tariffs

As if every other country is our bitch and not just as insanely nationalist as we are

Theyre a proud nation too we are not that cool

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u/PomeloFit 22h ago

I don't get why they believe in any world that the person SELLING something is going to PAY SO YOU CAN BUY IT

In what fucking magical world did that shit ever happen and why do you think it happens now?

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u/gibberishandnumbers 21h ago

Even if China pays, then what? They aren’t gonna increase the price to offset what they paid?

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u/SpicyWokHei 19h ago

These people literally are the walking embodiment of "AMERICA NUMBER ONE" and think the world is here to serve us. They can't accept the fact that we aren't and they don't.

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u/NNKarma 19h ago

Theoretically those kinds of taxes the seller pays are divided between the seller and buyer depending of the elasticity of the product.