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RealityBasedNewYorkr

(149 posts)
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 09:15 AM Mar 2025

STOP. CALLING. IT. TARIFFS. Start calling it the Trump Import Tax

Many many people including the current White House resident don’t understand the word “tariffs” but they sure don’t like their taxes going up

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STOP. CALLING. IT. TARIFFS. Start calling it the Trump Import Tax (Original Post) RealityBasedNewYorkr Mar 2025 OP
Borrowing! no_hypocrisy Mar 2025 #1
I prefer the Trump Unnecessary Tax (TUT) GreenWave Mar 2025 #2
In Canada, it is mostly called Trump tariffs. Bev54 Mar 2025 #3

GreenWave

(12,803 posts)
2. I prefer the Trump Unnecessary Tax (TUT)
Wed Mar 12, 2025, 09:25 AM
Mar 2025

It can kill us like the curse of King Tut and doesn't have an embarrassing acronym,

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