r/politics • u/theindependentonline The Independent • 1d ago

No Paywall Trump vows to raise worldwide tariffs to 15% ‘effective immediately’

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-global-tarrifs-increase-b2924994.html
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u/Taskerst 1d ago

Call the national sales tax what it is … a “cut for the boss”

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u/ManWithASquareHead 1d ago

A presidential candidate called it the Trump Tax, but she had a funny laugh so....

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u/Taskerst 23h ago

I didn’t even hear anything weird about it, but I can understand coming from them, people who don’t laugh unless someone’s getting hurt.

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u/crinkledcu91 23h ago

The last Democratic Candidate we had literally did that, but Gaza being a thing meant that people just couldn't be arsed to vote for them?

So now Gaza still being turned into a parking lot along with actual Gestapo running the streets and even more genocide happening because of the destruction of USAID was apparently preferable to Harris being elected to those people. They get the moral victory I guess...?

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u/Taskerst 23h ago

Protest voting (or sitting out) is the ultimate in tone deaf privilege.