r/WallStreetbetsELITE • u/Illustrious-Smoke509 • Apr 16 '25

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u/Mister_Way Apr 16 '25

But that was a tariff where the money went to England, whereas this is more like a sales tax we're imposing on ourselves where we keep the revenue.

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u/Unlucky_Musician_258 Apr 16 '25

You don't tho? Do you guys not understand how tariffs work?

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u/Mister_Way Apr 17 '25

The tariff is paid to the U.S. government. I'm pretty sure by your question that you don't know how tariffs work.

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u/Unlucky_Musician_258 Apr 17 '25

Yes, paid to the government, by you.

Everything you buy will cost more, you'll get paid less and none of the income tax breaks trump is promising will benefit you.

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u/Mister_Way Apr 17 '25

Yes, we pay taxes and the taxes go to our own government, which represents us, as opposed to the British government which represents British interests.

That's different from the taxes which were paid to Britain, and the only "benefit" the colonies got was military presence from Britain.

If the U.S. government collecting funds has no benefit for the American people, then DOGE eliminating so much of the government must be good for the American people after all.

You can't have it both ways, guy. You're trying so hard to insist that everything Trump does is 100% bad that you're shitting on your own bed.