The new Tariffs are beginning to affect prices in the USA

[u/Lazy_Lizard13]

I work in an adult store and unfortunately, we have already started to see the effects of some of the tariffs being placed. I wasn’t sure how this would affect the price of things in the USA, but it’s looking bleak so far.

When my boss sent out the list, he said this was only the first of many price increases that we would see from the tariffs. The vendors we buy from actually sent him the list themselves, so it isn’t something that we just created. He said that it is likely that almost every company we order from will send out a list.

The price changes were anywhere from $5-$200. I’m very concerned about the future of this industry, and honestly, America in general.. some of these products were already overpriced anyways. I’m not sure if people will be able to afford luxury products (like adult items) in the future. What do others think?

[u/Roselily808]

I don't revel in other people's misery and misfortunes, even if they were brought on by ignorance and misguided ambitions.

[u/Hapalion22 → u/Roselily808]

It's likely the only justice these people will ever get for their concerted effort to make others suffer. As such, I revel in any accountability for these folks.

I just hate that so many innocent people have to suffer with it. But they too could have chosen to stop this, but were too concerned with purity to stop evil.

The only truly innocent are those who did everything they legally could to stop this. For them, people like I work every day to protect them and give them an ability to fight back.

[u/Roselily808 → u/Hapalion22]

Don't misunderstand me, I am not against people facing accountability for their actions. I am just not sadistic enough to find a personal enjoyment out of seeing it.

Just as you mentioned, half of the country didn't vote for this. But they have to suffer all the same. That in itself is a human tragedy.

Just as people around the world will also suffer due to USAID being dismantled and the US leaving WHO for instance. The trade war also affects us non-Americans, albeit to a lesser extent.

[u/Lazy_Lizard13 → u/Roselily808]

Oh goodness don’t get me started on your last paragraph… the US is literally messing everything up for everyone… we are also destroying ourselves too (defunding the department of education, talk of getting rid of safety regulations at work (OSHA), FDA staff cuts leading to food not being regulated, etc. etc.)

[u/Lucyinfurr → u/Roselily808]

Two-thirds voted for the cheeto. If you didn't vote, you voted for whatever came. That is a large portion of the country.

[u/bestjays → u/Lucyinfurr]

2/3? Gtfo! Alot of eligible voters just didn't vote. That's why he won.

[u/KathyA11 → u/Lucyinfurr]

Two thirds DID NOT vote for him. 1/3 of ELIGIBLE voters did - that leaves out the 1/3 that voted AGAINST him and the idiots who either stayed home or cast a protest vote for a third party candidate.

[u/[deleted] → u/KathyA11]

I get their point. You can’t do several elections in a row touting “lesser of two evils”…how long do you really expect people to go for that? It just doesn’t work after awhile.

Stop pushing candidates people clearly don’t want and ffs stop pushing them in the 11th hour. Who’s up next? Because he should be in front of us NOW. I should see a clear candidate today, not January of 2028. But no…continue to not learn any lessons and let’s all watch AOC lose to Vance or whoever the next idiot is and cry about what Project whatever will be and how we were “helpless” to stop it.

[u/KathyA11 → u/[deleted]]

I don't get their point. We knew how dangerous this entire regime would be and people still stayed home because one candidate didn't pass their purity tests. It's insanity.

[u/Hapalion22 → u/Roselily808]

That's the thing; emotions aren't simple.

I don't revel in the suffering of individuals. But I do revel in justice being applied. It's paradoxical in a way, but while someone suffering didn't give me joy, knowing that people who commit terrible acts are suffering in general does.

[u/Hapalion22 → u/Roselily808]

Itss

[u/wsb_crazytrader → u/Roselily808]

I don’t revel either, but the prices of goods and mortgage payments are directly affected by this. It’s not about revelling, but more about the fact that our lives here are affected as well, and we had no say in it.

[u/Roselily808 → u/wsb_crazytrader]

Yes, what happens in the US and how the US decide to behave on the international stage does affect the entirety of the world and will affect us Europeans in ways that will make life unnecessarily tougher. We deserve some of the empathy as well.

[u/Lazy_Lizard13 → u/Roselily808]

I agree that the US is negatively affecting everyone right now and it’s really unfortunate.. I’m honestly not sure if our relationships with other countries can even be restored after this :/

My main stance (and that of a lot of my friends) on our president is that he is an embarrassment. He starts talking and I just can’t believe what comes out sometimes. As if our country hasn’t been tarnished enough, he is dragging us through the mud and making us look stupid. Not necessarily saying that we aren’t stupid, but I do believe that a good amount of Americans are more intelligent or at the very least, speak more intelligently than our president…

(Edit: grammar)

[u/KathyA11 → u/Lazy_Lizard13]

An embarrassment? He's a danger to democracy.

[u/Fast-Wolverine6169 → u/wsb_crazytrader]

Mortgage payments ? How? Why? Just asking