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subterranean

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2. "Collected from foreign sellers"?? That is false.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Oct 21, 2024, 03:07 PM

Oct 2024

The writer of that article has apparently fallen for trump’s lie that sellers in foreign countries pay the tariffs, when in reality it is U.S. importers who pay (and then pass the cost on to U.S. consumers.

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Why Trump's Tariffs Would Be Bad for Washington State [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2024 OP

They would be bad for the entire country... Wounded Bear Oct 2024 #1

"Collected from foreign sellers"?? That is false. subterranean Oct 2024 #2