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hueymahl

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17. There are pros and cons

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Fri May 2, 2025, 11:53 AM

May 2

Cons - increases prices, which primarily hurt lower incomes.

Pros - Reduces consumption of cheap chinese crap that is made under very questionable conditions and is terrible for the environment and contributes to global warming.

Unfortunately the orange idiot is using a axe when a scalpel would have been better.

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A massive tariff on millions of Americans' purchases just went into effect -- cue the chaos [View all] marmar May 2 OP

K'n'R justaprogressive May 2 #1

An example UpInArms May 2 #2

Vitacost CountAllVotes May 2 #3

Saw a post about a guy doing a DYI and seriously underestimated his paint needs. PortTack May 2 #4

For a fucking gallon of paint? SheltieLover May 2 #5

Historic restoration colors special blends Historic NY May 2 #9

Ooooh SheltieLover May 2 #11

That's bad enough for a DIY project, but what about a contractor.... 70sEraVet May 2 #6

this happened to us on that 'liberation day' TalenaGor May 2 #8

Liberating the cash from your wallet.... Historic NY May 2 #10

Yup. Ms. Toad May 2 #15

Hopefully the contractor has contractual language protecting it from these things hueymahl May 2 #19

Oh no it didn't! The countries shipping goods to us will pay for it 🤪. Feeble try, donnie boy. Firestorm49 May 2 #7

Other countries will pay the tariffs the same way Mexico will pay for the wall IronLionZion May 2 #12

It was never about punishing countries Mr.Bee May 2 #13

On eBay, it appears some Chinese vendors are just slamming the door shut. KY_EnviroGuy May 2 #14

I like different musical instruments. Linda ladeewolf May 2 #23

There must be millions of kalimbas in-stock in the USA. KY_EnviroGuy May 5 #31

There are lots of cheap kalimbas on eBay, but most of them really sound awful. Linda ladeewolf May 5 #32

I may try one of those for myself. KY_EnviroGuy May 5 #34

Ling tings are very good. Linda ladeewolf May 6 #37

Found on reddit Beachnutt May 2 #16

People will stop buying Chinese crap mostly hueymahl May 2 #18

right wing talking point Layzeebeaver May 2 #20

Oh Please hueymahl May 2 #24

The global economy is already here Layzeebeaver May 2 #25

The only meaningful ways to decrease consumption RandomNumbers May 3 #30

You did shed some light on the problem! Hehe! 😈 you little ray of sunshine. Linda ladeewolf May 5 #33

I had a guy tell me it will take a year to "get back to normal". louis-t May 2 #28

Except it is impossible not to. Woodwizard May 2 #21

How long is "a while" 3 - 7 yrs or 3 - 7 months? tia uponit7771 May 2 #22

There are pros and cons hueymahl May 2 #17

A massive tax hike... thanks to Trump. Norrrm May 2 #26

LA ports pretty much empty.... Lovie777 May 2 #27

So far no price increases in my cart in amazon except cat food and cat litter Meowmee May 2 #29

I've had Delphinus May 5 #35

Interesting Meowmee May 6 #36