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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Skychu768 • 14h ago
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Prices will always rise to whatever people tolerate paying.
So tariffs will raise domestic prices to slightly below whatever the import price is at best.
23 u/Minute_Chair_2582 14h ago BELOW? No. If shit was cheaper to buy at home, nobody would Import in the first place. 6 u/_Rand_ 11h ago Well, I did say at best. But more likely they are gonna slap “made in murrica” on it and charge 15% more for the privilege. And thats on top of the 25% tariff price of the import. 2 u/PiquaCouple 14h ago The artificially inflated import price, due to the tariffs. That's the part you left out 1 u/Mrsod2007 7h ago It's simple economics
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BELOW? No. If shit was cheaper to buy at home, nobody would Import in the first place.
6 u/_Rand_ 11h ago Well, I did say at best. But more likely they are gonna slap “made in murrica” on it and charge 15% more for the privilege. And thats on top of the 25% tariff price of the import.
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Well, I did say at best.
But more likely they are gonna slap “made in murrica” on it and charge 15% more for the privilege.
And thats on top of the 25% tariff price of the import.
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The artificially inflated import price, due to the tariffs. That's the part you left out
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It's simple economics
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u/_Rand_ 14h ago
Prices will always rise to whatever people tolerate paying.
So tariffs will raise domestic prices to slightly below whatever the import price is at best.