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Arguing with my dad about tariffs again. He literally does not listen or change his views whatsoever every time. He thinks tariffs are like a cumulative tallying of all the parts inside an item. (hexbear.net)

submitted 5 days ago by BanSwitch2Buyers@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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Where are "people" (Conservatives) getting this idea from? Governments do not have total information of the production of all goods produced in the world. How hard is it to understand they just look at the shipping location of items and their classified category?

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[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

that's... Weird. Why do they not think that the way tariffs actually work explains increased prices? Because they totally do.

[–] BanSwitch2Buyers@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Might honestly just be straight stupidity.

[–] Blakey@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago

It's just bizarre to me that they're resistant to the idea that increasing the cost to do business will increase prices. What else would happen?!