It's time to call it what is is

[moonshinegnomie]

It’s not a tariff. It’s the trump tax hike. And given how he’s all about tax cut calling it that especially if it takes hold will really get under his skin

[doc03]

1. It is a national sales tax nt

[Blue Full Moon]

2. It's his pay to play.

When the companies grovel to him he will be a king and grant them no tariffs. Then people who don't know any better will believe that he has saved them .

[Dan]

3. Using the real language of the street -

It’s a shake down. Pay Trump and you get relief, that is true at both the local domestic level and now at the International level. A shake down, pure and simple.

[ancianita]

4. Justin Wolfers shows here why you're exactly right.

the clear-as-day Wolfers graph:
"The unspoken logic of Trump's tariff-for-tax swap is pure redistribution.

The light blue bars show the Trump tax plan creates bigger gains for the rich. He pays for this with tariffs—the dark blue bars—which raise the cost of living for all households in roughly equal measure."



Wolfers is badass.

[RandomNumbers]

5. It's intentional destruction of the US economy.

To go along with the intentional destruction of the US government.

Okay maybe not "intentional" as that word would apply normally. But the end result is the same as if it were. So how are we to know what intention is there or not?

[dchill]

6. It's the Putin surcharge.