911@lemmynsfw.com to politics @lemmy.world · 13 hours agoTrump’s Tariff Proposals Would Raise Tariff Rates to Great Depression-Era Levels.taxfoundation.orgexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1204arrow-down14
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minus-squareTimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)@badatbeing.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 hours agoA tariff isn’t a money making tool, it’s about making a good not as great a deal against another, typically a domestically made good.
minus-squareRamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoTrump doesn’t understand it though. He plans* to use it to finance childcare. *As if he would do something like that. Why keep kids fed when you can line your pockets instead.
A tariff isn’t a money making tool, it’s about making a good not as great a deal against another, typically a domestically made good.
Trump doesn’t understand it though. He plans* to use it to finance childcare.
*As if he would do something like that. Why keep kids fed when you can line your pockets instead.