Path: ...!local-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 22:23:44 +0000 From: BTR1701 Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Biden Teaches Us About Tariffs References: <17d413f7d9375ddd$1$675878$4ed50460@news.newsdemon.com> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X) Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 15:32:51 -0700 Message-ID: Lines: 42 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-pHlBdo2S79EZ8xFDhU6gXnVjd16ngjUzjeNEKs51OUDx0yGTOxu2uWUKvN7geDw6oyeOYL7Irau1rXD!UEWB5DfSca4OvvczdirMOZQun2WSKuKMgOINAJ0DZUsZwcTk/DfZ9tPn/zbZJOQOUQE62rO0zCnY!buk= X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2318 In article <17d413f7d9375ddd$1$675878$4ed50460@news.newsdemon.com>, trotsky wrote: > On 5/29/24 1:35 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > > June 19, 2019 > > > > @JoeBiden: > > > > Trump doesn't get the basics. He thinks his tariffs are being paid or by > > China. Any freshman econ could tell you that the American people are > > paying his tariffs. > > > > The cashiers at Target see what's going on-- they know more about > > economics than Trump. > > > > > > May 14, 2024 > > > > @POTUS Biden: > > > > I just imposed a series of tariffs on goods made in China. > > > > 25% on steel and aluminum > > 50% on semiconductors > > 100% on EVs > > 50% on solar panels > > > > China is determined to dominate these industries. > > > > I'm determined to ensure America leads the world in them. > > > > --------------------- > > So apparently imposing tariffs on China and making the American people > > pay for them is only a good thing when a Democrat does it. > > > > Thanks for the lesson, Joe! > > So you don't understand the difference between tariffs on raw materials > and those on finished goods? I don't know what kind of fucked up world you live in, Hutt, but that list contains tariffs on both raw materials *and* finished products.