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Trump proposes replacing income tax with an all-tariff policy (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Jun 2024
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marble falls
(61,305 posts)1. I propose replacing TFG with someone not stupid enough to believe prices will not go through the roof ...
... because of imports that have nothing to with price. The US has an economy more based on service than production. It will kill our agricultural exports, something he screwed with before over tariffs and counter tariffs from our trading partners.
VMA131Marine
(4,528 posts)2. Yes, let's increase the price of every import by 160%
But there are people stupid enough to fall for this.
LetMyPeopleVote
(153,470 posts)3. This is a stupid plan
LetMyPeopleVote
(153,470 posts)4. Why Trump's radical new idea on taxes is impossible to defend
MSNBCs Chris Hayes described Donald Trump's vision on tariffs as one of the most deranged policies of all of time, and its worth understanding why.
Link to tweet
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-radical-new-idea-taxes-impossible-defend-rcna157707
It was last year when Team Trump made clear that the presumptive GOP nominee, if given a second term, intended to impose massive new tariffs, which a Washington Post report said would set the stage for a global economic war. CNBC reported late last week that the Republican candidate went a step further in describing his vision while speaking with congressional allies.
MSNBCs Chris Hayes described this as one of the most deranged policies of all of time, and its worth understanding why. As the Washington Posts Catherine Rampell explained in her latest column:
In other words, most Americans, including the entirety of the middle class, would end up paying more, not less, under Trumps vision. Why? Because Trumps tariffs would make products cost more, and since working families spend a greater percentage of what they make on these products, theyd end up worse off......
To be sure, a common refrain over the last few days is that Congress would never approve such a radical agenda. Perhaps not, but Republican Rep. Byron Donalds appeared on NBCs Meet the Press over the weekend, and when asked about Trumps tariffs policy, the Florida congressman said, Theres some merit to it.
There really isnt.
Donald Trump on Thursday brought up the idea of imposing an all tariff policy that would ultimately enable the U.S. to get rid of the income tax, sources in a private meeting with the Republican presidential candidate told CNBC.
MSNBCs Chris Hayes described this as one of the most deranged policies of all of time, and its worth understanding why. As the Washington Posts Catherine Rampell explained in her latest column:
The expected costs of Trumps recent tariff proposals would be staggering. For example, his plan for a universal 10 percent tariff coupled with a 60 percent tariff on Chinese goods would more than wipe out any savings most Americans would get from extending his 2017 income tax cuts, according to estimates from the Peterson Institute for International Economics. The bottom 80 percent of households would see a tax increase on net.
In other words, most Americans, including the entirety of the middle class, would end up paying more, not less, under Trumps vision. Why? Because Trumps tariffs would make products cost more, and since working families spend a greater percentage of what they make on these products, theyd end up worse off......
To be sure, a common refrain over the last few days is that Congress would never approve such a radical agenda. Perhaps not, but Republican Rep. Byron Donalds appeared on NBCs Meet the Press over the weekend, and when asked about Trumps tariffs policy, the Florida congressman said, Theres some merit to it.
There really isnt.
LetMyPeopleVote
(153,470 posts)5. Why Trump's radical new idea on taxes is impossible to defend
MSNBCs Chris Hayes described Donald Trump's vision on tariffs as one of the most deranged policies of all of time, and its worth understanding why.
Link to tweet
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trumps-radical-new-idea-taxes-impossible-defend-rcna157707
It was last year when Team Trump made clear that the presumptive GOP nominee, if given a second term, intended to impose massive new tariffs, which a Washington Post report said would set the stage for a global economic war. CNBC reported late last week that the Republican candidate went a step further in describing his vision while speaking with congressional allies.
MSNBCs Chris Hayes described this as one of the most deranged policies of all of time, and its worth understanding why. As the Washington Posts Catherine Rampell explained in her latest column:
In other words, most Americans, including the entirety of the middle class, would end up paying more, not less, under Trumps vision. Why? Because Trumps tariffs would make products cost more, and since working families spend a greater percentage of what they make on these products, theyd end up worse off......
To be sure, a common refrain over the last few days is that Congress would never approve such a radical agenda. Perhaps not, but Republican Rep. Byron Donalds appeared on NBCs Meet the Press over the weekend, and when asked about Trumps tariffs policy, the Florida congressman said, Theres some merit to it.
There really isnt.
Donald Trump on Thursday brought up the idea of imposing an all tariff policy that would ultimately enable the U.S. to get rid of the income tax, sources in a private meeting with the Republican presidential candidate told CNBC.
MSNBCs Chris Hayes described this as one of the most deranged policies of all of time, and its worth understanding why. As the Washington Posts Catherine Rampell explained in her latest column:
The expected costs of Trumps recent tariff proposals would be staggering. For example, his plan for a universal 10 percent tariff coupled with a 60 percent tariff on Chinese goods would more than wipe out any savings most Americans would get from extending his 2017 income tax cuts, according to estimates from the Peterson Institute for International Economics. The bottom 80 percent of households would see a tax increase on net.
In other words, most Americans, including the entirety of the middle class, would end up paying more, not less, under Trumps vision. Why? Because Trumps tariffs would make products cost more, and since working families spend a greater percentage of what they make on these products, theyd end up worse off......
To be sure, a common refrain over the last few days is that Congress would never approve such a radical agenda. Perhaps not, but Republican Rep. Byron Donalds appeared on NBCs Meet the Press over the weekend, and when asked about Trumps tariffs policy, the Florida congressman said, Theres some merit to it.
There really isnt.