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[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 13 points 7 months ago

Don't worry, at least Americans are, on average, in possession of endless piles of extra money after the last decade. Elon says it's time for all of us to tighten our belts. We're just so fat with all that money we've all been saving!

I'm so glad he and the other rich chucklefucks trickled so hard on us.

[-] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 12 points 7 months ago

I’m very glad I live in Canada.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The USA screwing up trade never leaves Canada in a good spot. Our prices will go up too. And we're about to suffer the same effect of mass ignorance after the next federal election when the voters elect a populist bigot with no idea how to run a country. We're already suffering it in the provincial governments. Plus the bigots in Canada feel empowered to get loud and violent when the Americans are all doing it. I'm glad not to be living in the USA but we're not looking forward to fun times.

[-] TurnpikeRangers@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

I've heard that y'all have your own far-right, MCGA bullshit to deal with. Do everything you can to stop it. Get involved with as many organizations as you can and get as many people involved as you can. "It'll never happen here" is complete and utter bullshit. Good luck, Northern brethren.

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[-] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

Hearing more and more stories about companies cutting bonuses this year so they can buy more supplies now at cheaper prices. They know the prices will go up and they'll have to pass the increase to the consumers. But how much you wanna bet these companies will still raise prices even before they have to pay their tariff increases? They're gonna get extra money on the supplies they paid the lower prices on.

[-] h0rnman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 7 months ago

I saw it explained best like this

Current imported price: $30

Current locally made price: $35

New imported price: $70

New locally made price: $69.99

[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

...This is just normal basic business economics.

Your retail price is not predicated on what you paid to produce or obtain the product, it's based on what you expect to have to pay to produce or procure the next one.

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[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 10 points 7 months ago
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[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

Gonna be real neat watching Republicans turn on corporate America and accusing them of price gouging when (for once) they're not.

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[-] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

They voted for nonsense looks like they are getting nonsense.

How will they call the new inflation and how are they going to pin this on not Trump. Curious how this is going to play out.

[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Mango Mussolini's tariff plans will increase prices across the board. The corporations earned record profits during the so-called inflation and the US consumers that voted for Cheeto are fucking clueless about the inbound out of control freight train.

[-] frayedpickles@lemmy.cafe 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Oh well don't worry the out of control freight trains mostly poison trump voters in ohio and the water supply of all the red states.

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[-] capital@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

I was promised cheaper eggs.

[-] fatboy93@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago

Welp,time to trade my cheaply made Chinese shit to expensively made cheap american shit.

[-] Revan343@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago

Yes, this is not news. News is supposed to be new information, this is entirely well known information, which stupid people just didn't care about

[-] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago

Cry more. Americans chose Trump with eyes wide open and deserve everything that's coming to them.

[-] simplejack@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

If only his actions didn’t also hurt the half of the country that voted against him and organized to keep him out of office. He won by a sliver.

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