sanitation@lemmy.todayBanned from community to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 3 months agoTrump implemented tariffs illegally, creating over $100 billion of profit for corporations selling foreign products, at the expense of American consumers. Your refund: $0.00lemmy.todayimagemessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up1522arrow-down14
arrow-up1518arrow-down1imageTrump implemented tariffs illegally, creating over $100 billion of profit for corporations selling foreign products, at the expense of American consumers. Your refund: $0.00lemmy.todaysanitation@lemmy.todayBanned from community to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square28linkfedilink
minus-squareswitcheroo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 months agoIt’s worse than zero. The companies that charged us tariffs are going to keep the money they got AND we are going to pay them a second time as “recompense”.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoThey’re going to use the profits to buy out and shut down their smaller local competitors, too. Unilevel has been on a buying spree since COVID, for instance.
It’s worse than zero. The companies that charged us tariffs are going to keep the money they got AND we are going to pay them a second time as “recompense”.
They’re going to use the profits to buy out and shut down their smaller local competitors, too.
Unilevel has been on a buying spree since COVID, for instance.