Trump promised voters tariffs are a panacea for the economy, but Walmart finance chief John David Rainey warned they will be inflationary for customers.
Tariffs make companies able to compete better within the walled garden, but weakens their competitiveness worldwide. It creates a race to the bottom inside the garden, but makes them weak outside the border. They also makes prices increasefor the local buyers. Costs get passed along, it’s not as if manufacturers are going to absorb increases, they don’t need to. GM, Ford, Chrysler are all going to pass them on (as any domestic manufacturer)
They are effectively a tax and are collected by the federal government. One of Trump’s yapping points is to get rid of income tax and use the money from tariffs to replace that lost tax income. This will hurt 90% of people in the US because the amount they will pay in higher product costs due to tariffs will be higher than the cost of the taxes they pay. The wealthy on the other hand won’t have to pay their fair share.
Tariffs make companies able to compete better within the walled garden, but weakens their competitiveness worldwide. It creates a race to the bottom inside the garden, but makes them weak outside the border. They also makes prices increasefor the local buyers. Costs get passed along, it’s not as if manufacturers are going to absorb increases, they don’t need to. GM, Ford, Chrysler are all going to pass them on (as any domestic manufacturer)
Where does the money raised by the tariffs go?
They are effectively a tax and are collected by the federal government. One of Trump’s yapping points is to get rid of income tax and use the money from tariffs to replace that lost tax income. This will hurt 90% of people in the US because the amount they will pay in higher product costs due to tariffs will be higher than the cost of the taxes they pay. The wealthy on the other hand won’t have to pay their fair share.
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