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msongs

(67,199 posts)
Sat May 11, 2019, 06:32 PM May 2019

3 of my suppliers have informed me of rising prices due to new tariff increases

living in hawaii one must buy many specialty art supplies on the internet. 3 suppliers have sent emails today telling me prices of many items are going up 20% Monday due to the new trump tax increases. I see local suppliers so will probably get the news from them at the next purchase

Dems should be blasting this as a massive tax increase. are they?

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BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
1. No, crickets. We need to play this game better.
Sat May 11, 2019, 06:38 PM
May 2019

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Dems never do this very well and the GOP knows it. We need to broadcast the crimes of the GOP. Even though they commit them out in the open they still get away with it.

Art supplies cost me more than my grocery bill when I was an illustrator. Artists were literally starving so they could buy one tube of Cadmium Red.

SWBTATTReg

(21,859 posts)
4. Yes, there has been some outcry on the tariffs, and articles claiming that this is a $62 billion...
Sat May 11, 2019, 06:47 PM
May 2019

tax on Americans. Eventually, it's going to build up more and more as more and more people are negatively impacted.

SWBTATTReg

(21,859 posts)
12. Yeah, really. It's sad too, because wages have finally started creeping up a bit, and then rump...
Sun May 12, 2019, 11:25 AM
May 2019

with his idiot actions pretty well screwed us all over and probably is damaging relations with our allies on a permanent basis.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
7. Fortunately I buy nothing from China for my business.
Sat May 11, 2019, 08:18 PM
May 2019

I would get reamed if Captain Dumbass did his tariff act on Holland and Germany, because a lot of my raw materials flow through Holland and Germany, with a minor number via Bulgaria.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
8. I'm sure they are
Sat May 11, 2019, 08:24 PM
May 2019

Whether it gets covered is another question.

We blasted that Donald stuffed people and so on and he still got elected.

bullwinkle428

(20,627 posts)
9. I just had a new pair of carbon wheels built for my road bike. Really glad I
Sat May 11, 2019, 08:28 PM
May 2019

didn't wait any longer, as the tariffs would have probably cost me an additional $250, given that the rims are Chinese-produced.

DeminPennswoods

(15,246 posts)
10. Tariiff is just another word for tax
Sat May 11, 2019, 08:55 PM
May 2019

according to Roget's Thesaurus.

Dem's just need to substitute tax for tariff. In fact, they could say Trump is enacting the biggest tax increase in American history.

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