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RealityBasedNewYorkr

(149 posts) Wed Mar 12, 2025, 08:15 AM Mar 2025

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

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1. Borrowing!

Wed Mar 12, 2025, 08:18 AM

Mar 2025

Thanks!

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2. I prefer the Trump Unnecessary Tax (TUT)

Wed Mar 12, 2025, 08:25 AM

Mar 2025

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

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3. In Canada, it is mostly called Trump tariffs.

Wed Mar 12, 2025, 09:15 AM

Mar 2025