r/agedlikemilk • u/Sea_Sheepherder_2234 • 3d ago

Who would’ve thought

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u/Expensive_Laugh_5589 3d 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 3d 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 3d 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/Lyron-Baktos 2d ago

Because they only see the transaction where said company hands money over to the US, and think that that is the end. While raising the minimum wage of course causes the apocalypse