• ERROR: Earth.exe has crashed@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    13 hours ago

    Conservative be like: “NOOOO WE CANT ‘WASTE MONEY’ AND FUND A COUNTRY DEFENDING ITSELF FROM INVASION 😡😡😡”

    Also conservatives: “Lets cut social security and give money to israel so they can commit a genocide 😏”

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      4 hours ago

      Even worse, look at this bullshit: https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-844166

      Israel is lobbying the United States to keep Syria weak and decentralized, including by letting Russia keep its military bases there to counter Turkey’s growing influence in the country, four sources familiar with the efforts said.

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          6 minutes ago

          do you not know that WE pay the tariff charges? or do you honestly believe that, example, Canada is just like “yeah we dont mind paying the 25% in our exports, we’ll just cover that for you”

          sorry but no. they will upcharge the export 25% to counter the tariff, then it gets sold to US for 25% more, then on the store shelf WE pay 25% more so cover the “losses”

          if you dont think this is how it works. let me ask you a simple question scenario.

          you have a lemonade stand. you sell for 1 dollar on the street. suddenly, someone says. hey i own this street. you have to pay me 25 cents to sell here.

          do you continue to sell for 1 dollar and lose 25 cents per sale? or do you charge 1.25 to keep making the same profit?

          if your answer was “id move to a different street” well then you cant comprehend a question and you are dodging it.

        • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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          10 hours ago

          Tariffs need someone to collect them. And sales tax is very much the IRS. It’s not automated just because they itemized your receipt.