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1. "A tax is not a tax when we do it" is the logic I guess.

Reply to lostincalifornia (Original post)

Wed Nov 5, 2025, 10:21 AM

Nov 5

Not only doesn't the exporter absorb all of the tariffs, or even most of the tariffs, in some cases it's utterly impossible.

Remember Donnie is slapping, in some cases, 100% tariffs.

It's impossible to make 100% profit, so if an exporter paid this entirely themselves, they'd be guaranteed to run a loss on everything single transaction. When the tariff is higher than the profit margin, Donnie is effectively mandating that the exporter has to push some of the tax onto the importer and/or the ultimate comsumer.

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Wilbur Ross is on Bloomberg lying his ass off about tariffs trying to push the bullshit that the "tariffs are not a tax" [View all] lostincalifornia Nov 5 OP

"A tax is not a tax when we do it" is the logic I guess. unblock Nov 5 #1

So Wilber thinks that imposing tariffs lowers the cost of foreign goods to US importers. onenote Nov 5 #2

Don 't debate this, just paint the GOP as the cause of all cost increases, whether tariff or otherwise. dutch777 Nov 5 #3

I am not debating just observing the convoluted reasoning of these jerks twisting themselves into pretzels. lostincalifornia Nov 5 #4