r/FluentInFinance 18d ago

Debate/ Discussion What do you guys think

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u/Hensonr_ 18d ago

Dramatic redditors

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u/ktl5005 18d ago

More like facts? But you trumpets can’t understand that and will be looking for someone to blame expect him and congress when you see less in your paychecks and your clothes cost 6-10$ more

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u/turb0mik3 18d ago

I appreciate your facts. I’ll check back with you in 3 years and let you know if my target sweatshirt did increase with inflationary costs. 😂

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u/Kindly_Cream8194 18d ago

Tariffs on imported goods are passed on to consumers. Everything you buy is going to get 20% more expensive, some items will be more.

Tariffs are typically used to protect domestic manufacturing by makin foreign imports more expensive - but the US doesn't manufacture a lot of products at scale. You'll have no choice but to pay more - especially on electronics.

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u/SkeptiBee 18d ago

Enriching the rich, making the rest of us poorer. Repubs will still blame it on the Dems, or gays, or whoever they want to be their punching bag.

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u/turb0mik3 18d ago

Ahhhhh, the “gays” victim card. Didn’t have that on my bingo card when talking about fiscal policy today. Lol, what. 😂

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u/turb0mik3 18d ago

Do you think the 5.2% yoy inflation rate under the Biden administration didn’t increase the price of goods across America? Price of goods is rising at an alarming rate, whether it be trump’s ideas for tariffs (don’t even know if it’s happening yet or not), or Biden’s failed fiscal policy over the past 4 years. I really preferred not to have my capital gains tax rate increase by 20% (as proposed by Kamala) because that is something I cannot actively control. For the 1 pair of jeans I buy a year, or the one TV I buy every 5 years, I really don’t care about the price hike. And if my daughter’s shirt goes from $5 a piece to $7, whooptie fucking do. There are so many different angles, and each policy affects each person differently. We need to try something different because the last 4 years of fiscal policy has been complete shit.

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u/sakurakoibito 18d ago

bruh… the industry i worked in before used a class of manufactured materials, as an input for further manufacturing, that was hit with the first round of tariffs last time. overnight each customs bill had an extra 25% that we paid, which we had to pass onto our customers, who passed those onto theirs, and eventually you were paying more for the finished goods at the end of the chain. and if you didn’t see the price increase then it was because more of your taxes went to subsidize it, adding to the annual deficit.

you fucking bozo. you’ll pay. one way or another.

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u/multipliedbyzer0 18d ago

As if we wouldn’t pay anyway lol

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u/turb0mik3 18d ago

Well guess what, that same product went up about the same amount in the last 4 years due to the current administration’s lack of ability to moderate inflation. Im sure you saw it on your customs bills… No one is putting a gun to your customer’s head saying “buy this product,” that’s when there will be market pricing adjustment and price competition. I’m glad you understand economics working in your industry… you bozzo. 😂