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A Boring Dystopia
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You would be amazed how many taxes work exactly like this.
(hint: its most of them).
Are you ... defending the tariffs?
No, but I am pointing out that corporations and the wealthy do not pay taxes, everyone else does. The tariffs are no different.
That's because a tariff is a fancy way to say "tax raise"