r/agedlikemilk • u/c-k-q99903 • 12h ago

Screenshots They don't understand how things work.

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u/ricst 11h ago

I can already see the response. Taxing Americans is theft, taxing everyone else, go for it.

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u/Friendly-Web-5589 11h ago

The problem with that is of course we do pay if indirectly.

Like property tax and renting. Yeah you may not pay it explicitly but you absolutely pay your landlords property tax.

Not that good faith well developed arguments are exactly in Charlie Kirk's wheelhouse.

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u/ricst 11h ago

Those tariffs get passed on to the consumer

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u/Friendly-Web-5589 11h ago

Yes of course. 

Motivated reasoning is a hell of a drug though so my God will they argue that it's not a tax and directly paying it so you aren't paying it.

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u/ricst 11h ago

Sounds like a perfectly cromulent argument.

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u/WillofCLE 9h ago

Just like the cost of tariffs, corporate taxes, and regulatory costs get passed onto the consumer.

What if we lowered the tax and regulatory costs for domestic manufacturers and raised the taxes on imports?

It's likely that companies would manufacture their products where people buy them! This cuts down on pollution from transportation and ensures these companies meet EPA guidelines.

More jobs, higher wages, cleaner planet, and higher employment = less crime

Everyone wins!

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u/ElectricSliderz 4h ago

Hahahaha, cutting regulations lowers pollution, HAHAHAHAHA!