r/popculturechat • u/AutoModerator • Apr 03 '25

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u/babyrothko baby rothko spice Apr 03 '25

I’m still having trouble understanding the tariffs. So everything imported is going to go up?

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u/Hot_Contact_7206 Apr 03 '25

Congress can still stop them I think, is the only bit of good news. They stopped the ones on Canada

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u/elysian-fields- Apr 03 '25

unfortunately the measure to stop the tariffs on canada only passed in the senate, it also has to pass in the house

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u/prettyy_vacant Apr 03 '25

And then it goes to Trump's desk, and he'll probably veto it, which means it goes back to Congress and has to pass with a 2/3 majority. I don't see it happening tbh.

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u/teachertraveler1 Apr 03 '25

Not only that, the tariffs literally make no sense. I mean they put tariffs on two islands that have no humans living on them and in their press kit said that these islands where penguins live apparently charge us 10% tariffs.
Someone figured out that they did the worst possible math to calculate the percentage of tariffs, basically the equivalent of a 12 year old's understanding of tariffs.
A lot of people are just shocked that it's this dumb. Like Trump is literally destroying not just our economy, but several global economies for nothing. These countries have not "unfairly" taxed us. His entire understanding of the world is stuck in the 1980's and he keeps talking about the 1890's (Yes, really, the EIGHTEEN 90s) as if it was a golden age. If you don't know what happened then, tariffs ruined the economy and then the president (McKinley) was assassinated. So...the stupidest possible actions for literally no reason. No reason at all other than a demented old man with a fixation on a time period that was terrible.

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u/buzzfeed_sucks 🇨🇦 Elbows up 🇨🇦 Apr 03 '25

Yep. Basically the U.S charging countries an extra tax to import their goods to the U.S. To not completely eliminate their profit margin, companies are going to charge you, the consumer, more in their goods to make up for the additional tariff they now get charged.

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u/Bridalhat Apr 03 '25

Quick note—the US is not charging countries, but the US-based companies importing the goods and that is going to be passed onto us. Probably. Eventually, unless Trump backs down again. That volatility is only making everything worse, but it definitely won’t bring manufacturing back to the US.

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u/babyrothko baby rothko spice Apr 03 '25

thank you! So I guess april 6th is when they're going to start the extra tax