From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: Mehos and Chinkos Must Pay
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 21:17:47 -0800
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2024-11-15 20:43, J Carlson wrote:
> On 11/15/2024 7:49 PM, Alan wrote:
>> On 2024-11-15 12:07, AlleyCat wrote:
>>>
>>> On Fri, 15 Nov 2024 18:59:21 +0000, Mitchell Holman says...
>>>
>>>>> Mexico and China.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Â Â Â Â Just like in Trump's first term.
>>>>
>>>> Â Â Â Â NOT.................
>>>
>>> Sorry, stupid liar. They paid tariffs. They'll pay again and the wall
>>> will go up.
>> Tariffs on goods and commodities from China or Mexico are not paid by
>> China or Mexico; not their governments, not the companies or people in
>> those countries.
>>
>> The people in the US that BUY those things end up paying the tariffs,
>> doofus.
> In fact, Chinese exporters *do* pay part of the tariffs, in the form of
> decreased sales and exports. But you're right that consumers in the
> importing country pay the amount of the tariff *in that country* on the
> goods that are in fact imported.
>
> https://www.reviewecon.com/trade-tariffs
Sorry, but not selling as much is not "paying" in the sense of paying
for wall.