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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tariff revenue is up because of the 10% tariffs Trump put into place. That's a tax hike on American consumers.

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/09/nx-s1-5425444/trump-tax-tariff-revenue-manufacturing-businesses[/quote]

Look at all that extra money US citizens paid for basic goods! [/quote]

I'm anti tariff, but it is absolutely true that depending on the scale and structure of a sales tax, the degree to which it is absorbed by producers, distributors, retailers, and consumers varies. A 10% tariff may largely be absorbed by the producers and distributors, whereas that isn't possible for a 50% tariff. We'll see how things go.[/quote]

Thank you. You are a complete partisan idiot if you think tariffs are paid 100% by the American consumer.

I was for tariffs when Biden implemented them on China and I am for them now. Tariffs are historically a thing that Union loving Dems do to support American manufacturing. I’ve been a Dem my whole life and my grandparents were in unions and it changed my family’s trajectory. I have been pro union, pro tariff, and anti country club Republicans my whole life. I’m not going to pretend they’re a bad idea now and repeat free market conservative rhetoric even if it’s regurgitated by NPR or some DNC talking head. [/quote]

Tariffs are fine when done sparingly. There are magnitudes of scale here though thankfully, Trump did not actually implement what he intended.

-Unionized worker[/quote]

Totally agree. But those of us who don’t live our lives in constant cable news induced fear, hysteria, and hyperbole knew the tariff rollout was just a pump fake and a negotiating tactic and were never going to be codified. People were acting like it was going to be the start of the Great Depression on here while some us had a more measured and stable outlook based on Trump’s habit of always leading with something outlandish before dialing it back later.

Again, I didn’t vote for him, but I don’t need to be on anti anxiety meds either.[/quote]

1. Fox News is the main cable news station for the people who actually watch the news. 
2. I assumed the tariff impact would be long term unless drastic. As Trump did not do what he said he would do, and we still do not actually know what he will do, it is still too early. There are signs it is not great for the US such as the weakening of the US dollar, companies that closed plants, our trade partners strengthening trade partnerships that leave the US out because Trump's approach legitimately makes us appear untrustworthy and unstable (see again, weakening of US dollar).
3. Little thing, but I am still annoyed and appalled at his yoyo approach to add them, and deliberate tweeting to buy the dip. There was a day of utter chaos anl couple months ago where they appeared to test the market response to repealing extreme tariffs by floating a rumor about their repeal, claiming it was fake, then doing exactly that  It is just corrupt effed up sh*t that you know Trump supporters would flip and froth at if it was a Democratic president doing it. Maybe one day we can get back to all being appalled at appalling corrupt behavior regardless of who it is? O can't even get into the crypto thing. [/quote]

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