Shoddy-Log on Nostr: Consumption taxes are sin taxes. Goods and services tax, and carbon tax, are the same ...

Consumption taxes are sin taxes. Goods and services tax, and carbon tax, are the same as any other sin tax, and the sin is being poor. All pigouvian taxes are a tax on the poor.

But tariffs aren't like other consumption taxes. It is a tax on foreign goods, which is pro worker, and there are ways to avoid paying tariffs. There is no way to avoid consumption taxes.