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Suspension of the de minimis administrative exemption for imports $800 or less

161 points · 154 comments · burnt-resistor

  1. mcmcmc · · focus · HN ↗
    It truly boggles the mind how Trump managed to sell tariffs as anything other than a tax on American consumers
    1. porkshoe · · focus · HN ↗
      He gets away with it because a lot of right-wing elites _love_ the idea of taxing consumption rather than income (or, heaven forbid, wealth).

      Additionally, Trump, Hassett, etc are still blaming Biden for inflation caused by the tariffs... and a lot of their base would rather believe that than admit that they got suckered by an obvious scam.

      1. loeg · · focus · HN ↗
        He doesn't actually "get away" with it. A lot of people, left and right, are unhappy about tariffs. But for now, he controls the executive, so it is what it is.
        1. LastTrain · · focus · HN ↗
          This is entirely in the “rights” control right now, any of them “unhappy” with it are outliers.
          1. fragmede · · focus · HN ↗
            We'll have to wait and see how many of those outliers end up voting, and how.
            1. Forgeties79 · · focus · HN ↗
              His core base (a solid 25-50% of the party) would rather die than vote for a democrat and all this DSA scare mongering is only entrenching them further/pulling the more moderate among them back into the fold.

              The blue wave will likely be a result of blue turnout and some small number of red sitting at home. And sadly the senate is still a toss up

              1. LastTrain · · focus · HN ↗
                As I like to say to my fellow blue friends who don’t seem to understand this “what would Joe Biden have to have done for you to vote for Trump”
                1. Forgeties79 · · focus · HN ↗
                  A very fair question!
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