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The Big Con raises your taxes today... (Original Post) pbmus Sep 2019 OP
...and Republicans use the tax money to pay for billionaire golf Champp Sep 2019 #1
If it brings back manufacturing jobs back from China at140 Sep 2019 #2
ding ding ding harumph Sep 2019 #5
Drump will Disaffected Sep 2019 #6
More people understand that we are paying the price BigmanPigman Sep 2019 #3
Call it the Trump tax. dalton99a Sep 2019 #4
drumpf steals from the masses and gives to the robber barons. democratisphere Sep 2019 #7
Where do the fees collected for tariffs end up? LastLiberal in PalmSprings Sep 2019 #8
This... pbmus Sep 2019 #10
I vote that we Newest Reality Sep 2019 #9

Champp

(2,114 posts)
1. ...and Republicans use the tax money to pay for billionaire golf
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 04:36 PM
Sep 2019

while a Cat 5 hurricane winds up to smack America in the gut.

Sick.

at140

(6,110 posts)
2. If it brings back manufacturing jobs back from China
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 04:38 PM
Sep 2019

then it would be worth it. But my guess is the manufacturing will simply shift to other cheaper labor countries such as Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar etc.

harumph

(1,913 posts)
5. ding ding ding
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 04:50 PM
Sep 2019

...and that's exactly what is happening.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/23/hasbro-to-cut-china-production-of-its-toys-looks-to-india-and-vietnam.html

just added expense that we as consumers will never be compensated for. If they wanted to shift
manufacturing back to the US - this should have been done 25 years ago. It's too little and too late.
A stupid tactic from a very stupid man and his pathetic advisers.

Disaffected

(4,568 posts)
6. Drump will
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 04:51 PM
Sep 2019

simply then put tariffs on imports no matter where they are manufactured. And, thereby escalating into a world wide trade war.

Please all you merkins, get your shit together!

BigmanPigman

(51,627 posts)
3. More people understand that we are paying the price
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 04:40 PM
Sep 2019

and no one benefits from tariffs than the fucking moron realizes. He thinks he is tricking the public but most people are aware that they will pay more and it benefits no one.

8. Where do the fees collected for tariffs end up?
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 05:06 PM
Sep 2019

We already know the money is headed toward the pockets of Fat Donnie and his uber-rich friends, but what route does the money follow enroute to its ultimate destination?

Doesn't Congress have the power to stop this madness?

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
9. I vote that we
Mon Sep 2, 2019, 05:07 PM
Sep 2019

go back to being called citizens and drop the "consumers" thing, that ain't working out so well.

Look who's coming this year:

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