From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics
Subject: Re: Once An Idiot, ALWAYS An Idiot
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 19:20:36 -0800
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2024-11-11 04:04, NoBody wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 09:04:37 -0800, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2024-11-10 09:02, AlleyCat wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, 10 Nov 2024 08:38:05 -0800, Alan says...
>>>
>>>>> Tell us all how tariffs on MEXICAN built Chinese cars will cost
>>>>> the U.S. any money.
>>>
>>>> You think the importer will just pay the tariff...
>>>
>>> Jes.
>>>
>>>> ... and not pass it on?
>>>
>>> Oh no... they'll pass it on, stupid... and THAT'S one of the reasons
>>> FOR the tariff... to make it more expensive, letting US
>>> manufacturers compete with comparable pricing. WHO wants a Chinese
>>> car at the same price as an American car?
>>
>> So it will cost the consumer more money.
>>
>> Got it.
>
> All you ok with all of the other countries putting tarrifs on OUR
> products so that it costs too much to buy in those countries?
That's not the topic under discussion.
Tariffs on foreign products imported to the US will be passed along to
the folks who are buying those products.
Ergo, it will cost the U.S. (people) money.