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kairos12

(13,667 posts)
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 08:57 PM Thursday

OK Count of Monte Crisco I got your "rigged" right here.

Who paid the tariffs? Consumers.

Who gets the refunds? Businesses.

Who pays for the refunds? Consumers.

Dosido and around we go.

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OK Count of Monte Crisco I got your "rigged" right here. (Original Post) kairos12 Thursday OP
Not my US Manufacturer JustAnotherGen Thursday #1
K & R malaise Thursday #2
I believe I read that Costco is going to refund its members (if refunds are ever LoisB Thursday #3

JustAnotherGen

(38,081 posts)
1. Not my US Manufacturer
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 09:20 PM
Thursday

We paid the tariffs and ate the cost.

I think people forget, US Manufacturing was extremely hardly hit by this.

The average consumer doesn't realize this hell has been going on since June 2018. US made goods - we took one for the woman taking the train to see her family, the hotel manager who doesn't have complaints about water pressure on the 15th floor, the employee of another factory who needs an emergency wash down station. . .

LoisB

(13,184 posts)
3. I believe I read that Costco is going to refund its members (if refunds are ever
Thu Apr 23, 2026, 10:07 PM
Thursday

Issued).

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