Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoIf Trumps tariffs go thru would that not cause the countries the tariffs are imposed on just raise their prices? And a result of that hurt the american consumer? Why do it to begin with?message-squaremessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1187arrow-down113
arrow-up1174arrow-down1message-squareIf Trumps tariffs go thru would that not cause the countries the tariffs are imposed on just raise their prices? And a result of that hurt the american consumer? Why do it to begin with?Don_Dickle@lemmy.worldM to Explain Like I'm Five@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square79fedilink
minus-squareJeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down11·1 month agoWell under that logic why bother with any business expenses ? Why bother with labour laws, or income tax, or work insurance, or workers compo, or environmental laws ? Because they are all costs on business. And you can bet the foreign manufacturer doesn’t comply with anything like the US regulations.
minus-squaretomi000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoYou mean those great US regulations that are among the worst on the planet?
Well under that logic why bother with any business expenses ?
Why bother with labour laws, or income tax, or work insurance, or workers compo, or environmental laws ?
Because they are all costs on business. And you can bet the foreign manufacturer doesn’t comply with anything like the US regulations.
You mean those great US regulations that are among the worst on the planet?