What the heck do you think a 45% tariff on imports will do?
Are the retailers going to eat it? Of course not.
Up goes the prices on just about everything...
I thought we were free market capitalists... Since when did that become a bad thing?
Um no, we do not import EVERYTHING.
Mote tariffs less income tax. Like the founders intended. Get used to it bub.
This 45% tariff is a straw man argument.
Trump was asked by a reporter about his trade plan. After explaining that to the reporter the he, Trump, was for "smart trade" or "fair trade" the reporter asked if Trump would favor a 45% tariff on goods imported from China. Trump answered with his usual, "if they don't play fairly" response.
The "Trump wants a 45% tariff" meme was thus born. I watched that interview after one of his rallies early on. To my knowledge Trump has never explicitly called for a 45% tariff on goods imported from China. If you know that he has, please produce some proof.
There is no mention of a tariff on Trump's official position on trade with China.
“What the heck do you think a 45% tariff on imports will do?”
This has been discussed many times on this forum. Apparently you are to ignorant for me to even spell it out for you.