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Roy Rolling

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37. Not a logical step

Reply to leftstreet (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 12:11 AM

4 hrs ago

The wealth is not transferred from consumers to capitalists, the wealth is transferred from consumers to the government, the feds in the above analogy.

No capitalists are uniquely involved in the tariff process—a tariff “tax” is equally levied on capitalists, anarchists, and communists the same.

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The Trump tariffs scam in a nutshell [View all] dalton99a 17 hrs ago OP

DURec leftstreet 17 hrs ago #1

Not a logical step Roy Rolling 4 hrs ago #37

The companies will then be expected to donate some of their profits back to Trump. Irish_Dem 17 hrs ago #2

The state it was sold in made additional sales tax revenue due to the tariffs as well MichMan 17 hrs ago #3

Except sector tariffs like auto parts are not covered by the SCOTUS ruling Fiendish Thingy 17 hrs ago #4

No incentive to lower price Randomthought 16 hrs ago #5

+1. Corporations rarely lower prices once they have raised them. dalton99a 16 hrs ago #8

That's the most important aspect of this. Probatim 15 hrs ago #20

And their competition raises prices as well Tasmanian Devil 9 hrs ago #33

A Different Nutshell Heard From: The Tariff Monies Went Straight Into.... ColoringFool 16 hrs ago #6

That is not true. The tariffs went straight into the US Treasury. Wiz Imp 14 hrs ago #25

Is That Sarcastic Towards Me Or Trump? ColoringFool 11 hrs ago #31

Wow. Wiz Imp 10 hrs ago #32

I don't think anybody questions that the tariff money goes to the Treasury. That's the wrong question. Bluetus 6 hrs ago #34

I agree with that. Wiz Imp 6 hrs ago #35

Well, That Tidy Little Sum Of $10 Billion For The "Board Of Peace"....... ColoringFool 5 hrs ago #36

Agree, but it's missing one step gulliver 16 hrs ago #7

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haha haha ha ha ha ha ha ha bsiebs 15 hrs ago #10

Lol gulliver 15 hrs ago #12

Tariffs are just baked into the price and aren't listed separately on invoices provided to customers. Shermann 15 hrs ago #9

Yes and no. Ms. Toad 15 hrs ago #11

Thanks. progressoid 15 hrs ago #21

This is a very real scenario. And nosice there was an extra $25 of price gouging in this example. Bluetus 15 hrs ago #13

+1. Companies have also been raising prices because of "oh, inflation" dalton99a 15 hrs ago #16

All of the corporations popsdenver 15 hrs ago #22

Yep, purely profit-driven. dalton99a 13 hrs ago #29

There is a simple solution to most of our economic issues Bluetus 13 hrs ago #30

There it is. 2naSalit 15 hrs ago #14

Pretty much Demixs 15 hrs ago #15

I've always said tariffs tranfer money from consumers to the Treasury. CaptainTruth 15 hrs ago #17

Exactly--it is a potential windfall for companies that passed the tariffs straight on the the consumers. Ol Janx Spirit 15 hrs ago #18

Good luck ever seeing a penny of that refund. xuplate 15 hrs ago #19

THIS! Mr.Bee 15 hrs ago #23

They are robbing us blind in so many ways! debsy 15 hrs ago #24

It's been a total crap shoot MadScout 14 hrs ago #26

We will never see a dime. I doubt companies, who technically paid the tariff will either. themaguffin 14 hrs ago #27

Greedy grifters.......ALL of them vapor2 13 hrs ago #28