| chiu... | MAGA! |
| kvas... | I cannot believe the Maggot Heads' starry-eyed adulation of Trumpty Dumpty. These are Republicans, aren't they? The ones who hate taxes and want smaller government? How is it, then, that they think high tariffs are a good thing? A tax by any other name is still a tax, and Bubba's going to be pretty disappointed when the price of his next pickup truck is twice what he expected. |
| krte... | It will only benefit the rich and will be wasted away on tax benefits for large corporations, military spending, and propping up fossil fuel production. |
| csbr... | That cost will be passed on to the consumers who are already struggling. |
| whit... | What is missing in this question is information about US companies investing trillions of dollars in the US economy to avoid the tariffs. This will also create hundreds of thousand jobs for US citizens. Many companies will also provide training to enable workers to earn more with higher salaries. Yes, it will be a painful transition for some but this has always been a part of business. It’s also part of the consequence for investing so heavily outside the US. |
| cind... | The cost of goods will go up. The destruction of international relationships is not worth it. America will become singular which is never a good plan. |
| jmge... | People voting that tariffs are bad don’t understand what’s going on |
| mdul... | MAGA routinely suggests that Democrats and Independents are ignorant and stupid because MAGA claims those two groups are incapable of understanding the economic agenda. However, these same MAGA people seem to believe that the US will 1) continue to get tariff revenue, 2) we'll see companies building massive manufacturing operations in the US, and 3) all with reduced costs to the US consumer after some short transition period. Often, when there are three goals such as in this case, the joke is to say, "pick any two". In this case, the quip must be "pick one". |
| twin... | This will put a lot of mom and pop businesses out of business. The public is already holding onto their pocketbooks because of the economy! Disaster!! |
| angi... | FAIR ! That’s all Americans should want. I think that’s what this administration is seeking |
| thom... | All the tariffs are an alternative way of taxing the public. This form of tax is without representation. It is simply an opinion of one man. We will get more money in the treasury by taking it out of the pockets of those who can least afford it. Those who have to pay more for daily living costs. |
| suzh... | Where is the money going? Not a work has been said about that. FIGE was a disaster. Trump had gutted entire department. Abc he’s defacing the White House as if his own. I’d like a detailed report where tariff money is going because he’s increasing our debt by almost 4 trillion. Why is it increasing if we’re taking in 300 billion. Fuzzy accounting. House of mirrors. |
| robs... | $300 Billion is obviously immaterial in a $30 Trillion economy to both the payor of tariffs and the recipient. It does, however, provide sensational news for the media as well as sensational rhetoric for politicians. |
| lew.... | Terrace or a tax on the American consumer, don’t protect American industries, and likely decrease tourism, and the revenues to the United States. They are not targeted to thoroughly studied economic industries, but are used as a broad brush. It’s a veiled attempt to raise federal revenues to cover the “big ugly Bill“ that gives the Rich a permanent tax break that they don’t need and that did not benefit the economy |
| bob.... | This is a tiny amount of money compared with the losses of trust and partnership we will suffer. Once again, international forces for good will learn that an American President can shred years of goodwill to demonstrate the totality of his power and ego. The is grandstanding for a political purposes and to focus our eyes away from the extremes of this President’s incompetence. |
| sopa... | The american people is paying these 300 billion dollars. This is the road to poverty. |
| mrse... | The tariffs are a tax on the American people and will stoke inflation, cut corporate profits and potentially cripple our economy, all while ruining foreign relations. Unfortunately the man in charge is just too stupid to realize this. |
| momz... | The poorest people will suffer. |
| john... | It is a tax increase, plain and simple, and a regressive one. To the extent it reduces profits, it reduces funds available for capital investment. The one benefits a reduction in the federal deficit which potentially allows for lower interest rates, but that could have been accomplished by higher taxes on the wealthy. |
| sama... | tariffs also hurt us personally. we bought something from China and we weren’t allowed to get it through customs until WE paid the tariff!! |
| gmai... | You are making a lot of assumptions. We are assuming that Americans won't change their spending habits and use substitutes whenever possible. Even if we were to hold that true, this is just a short term gain as eventually there will be ways found around the tariffs, either through goods being sent to other countries first (as we have already seen with China) or production companies being made in countries with lower tariffs. |
| alec... | We could get the same revenue through direct taxation. Most of that 300 billion is coming directly out of the American taxpayers pocket. |
| blik... | Reinvest? No, that is leftist speak for spending taxpayer money. It needs to go DIRECTLY TO PAYING DOWN NATIONAL DEBT; coupled with real reduced $$$ Federal spending starting immediately. DOGE. MAGA. Return to private sector and States EVERYTHING UNCONSTITUTIONAL! |
| suet... | The consumer prices will increase to offset the increased import tax. As consumers decrease spending due to increased costs, the economy will only deteriorate. |
| deca... | If you want to bring in revenue … tax the rich their fair share. Most pay little to no taxes in the hopes they’ll boost the economy, but they do not add more jobs, or benefit society in any way; They just take. Tariffs hurt hard working Americans who are already burdened with income inequality, inflation, and price gouging. |
| lora... | This is a good thing and people's worry about tariffs is all propaganda by the media since it is a Trump Idea and not the Democrats. |
| dste... | Listen to the bona fide experts. |
| nanc... | Consumers will eventually be paying the tariffs as importing businesses are forced to raise their prices. Meanwhile, our idiot president will continue to brag about how his tariffs are benefiting the country, but it will be on the backs of the American people. |
| pete... | While I would support raising taxes to lower the federal deficit, I don't think that using tariffs is a fair or efficient way to do so. Tariffs, which are really a sort of sales tax are very regressive. Plus the extra government beaurocracy needed to collect and calculate the seemingly every shifting tax per good/service per county is crazy. |
| bret... | The tariffs are an attempt to tax the middle class while keeping taxes low for the top tier. |
| wlof... | Tariffs are a tax on us, this in addition to a cumulative 22% inflation rate? Terrible |
| hine... | They aren’t finished negotiating the final agreements yet to know the actual number. |
| aunt... | I think Trump is positioning our country financially in order to remove the federal income tax...which has been the biggest theft the world has ever known. Study how our Country functioned before 1913, before the Federal reserve, before the 16th Amendment...if Trump pulls this off, he'll deserve to be on Mt. Rushmore! If there's one thing I've learned about Trump is do not ever underestimate him! |
| schw... | These Trump tariffs are taxes on all consumers. That way he can avoid taxing the rich. It’s just more regressive taxation which is what his plan was all along. He is a threat to our national security and should be held accountable for that. |
| rjfe... | Tariffs as planned are a massive tax on American citizens and businesses. Foreign countries do NOT pay tariffs, the importer does; That would be American businesses. As a means of incentivising investment in America, this is incredibly inefficient, unless the goal is really to provide revenue offsetting the tax cuts for the wealthy. |
| jonh... | Tariffs are a tax on the consumer and the importer, which will lead to higher inflation. |
| dixi... | Tariffs are being paid by the people who buy the foreign goods. I don't see how these tariffs are going into the Federal treasury. |
| ocds... | U.S Consumer will pay the costs. Trump is a moron and had no plan to assist small and big business to navigate his chaotic tariff changes. |
| jons... | it's a tax on the american consumer, obviously. To pay for tax breaks for the rich. Total scam. |
| anth... | It's a tax, stupid. It's a regressive tax on individuals, and it's a serious tax on businesses. It also narrows our financial interactions with the rest of the world. America's economy is the strongest in the world because it is in the world. Our economy can only contract if we are not freely engaged with the rest of the world. |
| avaa... | The debt is still too high and tariffs will only hurt the lower and middle class |
| ceal... | It could be brilliant in that if the White House issues rebate checks to lower income Americans, the tariffs could still end up raising $50-$100 billion that would be used to reduce the deficit. Basically a stealth income tax on higher income Americans! I, for one, am happy to help reduce the deficit since it is becoming a greater National Security risk. |
| ther... | In the history of the U.S. Carries have never worked. Why not give incentives to keep products & workers in U.S. instead of punishing the Global economy. |
