Quoth The Raven on Nostr: In a way Trump’s tariff plans are a national sales tax that applies only to foreign ...
In a way Trump’s tariff plans are a national sales tax that applies only to foreign goods.
Functionally it’s no different from a VAT tax with localist cutouts, except for two factors.
1.) It’s easier to implement.
2.) The pleebs will celebrate that “somebody else” is “paying” that tax.
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