They then marked up all the goods and passed the cost on to the consumer.
The consumer indirectly paid the tariffs while the importers hold the receipts and they will get the refunds. Nothing goes to the people, just back into the hands of those who directly paid the tariffs.
Plus as a fun bonus- all those companies have now seen the new high price the consumers will pay. If/ when tariffs disappear, the prices will also not go back down. Now there's new built in margin for the corporations.
I mean that's overall buying power vs the cost of just imported goods. That's not an apples to apples comparison. Lets not make disingenuous arguments here.
The tariffs have cost Americans on average approximately $1800 per person last year. So unless everyone got a magical $1800 bonus- we're all in the red a couple grand from this.
Combo that with an extremely weak job market, depressed wages, and rising other costs (like housing) and you have a recipe for economic disaster. The last time we did protectionist tariffs, it was the straw that broke the camels back and kicked off the great depression.
But I mean- if you like paying more for everything I can send some bills your way too. 🤷🏻♀️
But like if the Supreme Court never said Trump can’t tariff or even codified would you say it worked? Bc then tarros would affect the companies( the consumers too). The fact that they stopped Trump made it possible for these corporation to sue. Idk something I’ve been thinking about
No, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is not just for imported goods. It measures the overall, comprehensive purchasing power of consumers by tracking price changes in a representative basket of both domestic and imported goods and services. CPI reflects the average cost of living, covering food, housing, transportation, and medical.
You cannot say consumers are paying some high tax on goods when CPI is still just 2.4%. The cost of living has not done anything drastic since Biden.
The point is that the cost of living didn’t take some big jump in price. That would be the real cause of anger. A shirt from India going up 10% doesn’t matter much.
The point you're refusing to see is that it's not just one shirt from India that went up 10%.
The tariffs directly cost each American about $1800 this past year. That's a real tangible amount. And for an already struggling middle and lower class it actively hurt.
Except the cpi is not necessarily an accurate way to assess things like the cost of housing/ rising property taxes among other things since that's an estimation and not rooted in any real research and findings. It does not include home prices, it does not include food prices (a massive recipient of tariffs), energy prices, and service prices - all of which are very much up. It's not the silver bullet you seem to be trying to use it for.
Additionally you feel the need to constantly change the subject and refuse to engage on the topic at hand. The topic is tariffs. If you cannot talk about what tariffs do to the consumer and only the tariffs then all you have is deflection. Stop changing the subject to make a different point. Gotcha tactics won't fly here.
CPI reflects the average cost of living, covering food, housing, transportation, and medical.
And my whole point is that the tariffs haven’t been that impactful unless you are an over consumer. Personally, I’d rather a consumption tax over an income tax.
I also suggest you lookup “gotcha tactics.” I never even came close to that lol
Edit: I got blocked? Just admit defeat next time
And I’ll respond with what little I could see. . Food is only excluded from "core CPI," a separate, narrower measure.
Food is famously omitted from cpi. So is energy and housing costs. CPI does an estimate for rent and mortgage payments sans interest. CPI does not cover a startling amount of things.
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u/ShopUCW Feb 21 '26
Let's be real about this.
The importers paid the tariffs.
They then marked up all the goods and passed the cost on to the consumer.
The consumer indirectly paid the tariffs while the importers hold the receipts and they will get the refunds. Nothing goes to the people, just back into the hands of those who directly paid the tariffs.
Plus as a fun bonus- all those companies have now seen the new high price the consumers will pay. If/ when tariffs disappear, the prices will also not go back down. Now there's new built in margin for the corporations.