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55%? 100% here SheltieLover Oct 13 #1
Agree! BlueWavePsych Oct 14 #16
Yup. Put it on the backs of taxpayers, as always. SheltieLover Oct 14 #21
How about this 4% increase bullshit. Klarkashton Oct 13 #2
Tariff taxes had NOTHING to do with coffee prices until a few weeks ago. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 13 #10
Coffee is cheaper in Canada. BlueWavePsych Oct 14 #17
Do you say that after accounting for the currency or just compare CAD $ USD $? Bernardo de La Paz Oct 14 #18
Too lazy to calculate it yourself. nt BlueWavePsych Oct 14 #20
No. But I want to know if I should spend the time only to find a basic error has been made. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 14 #22
The CPI measure got distorted awhile ago IbogaProject Oct 14 #11
HWBush popsdenver Oct 14 #14
U.S. coffee drinkers and businesses will pay the price for Trump's Brazil tariffs BlueWavePsych Oct 14 #19
I only buy coffee from Colombia, because that's my preference FakeNoose Oct 14 #28
I seem to remember from Econ 101 that tariffs tend to be split between buyer and seller depending on demand Blues Heron Oct 13 #3
That's about right from what I recall as well, though it gets more complicated unblock Oct 13 #4
That's The Theory, For Sure ProfessorGAC Oct 13 #6
For US tariffs, the buyer/importer is the entity that pays the tariffs LetMyPeopleVote Oct 13 #8
In reality, no. You want your stuff out of customs? paleotn Oct 14 #26
Many outlets have made strong profits after Covid cachukis Oct 13 #5
Yeah, producers and sellers can't carry all of the tariffs indefinitely... Wounded Bear Oct 13 #7
80 percent. I've read on DU or heard on CNBC highly credible reports that it is 80 percent. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 13 #9
That's why it's a tax meant to push more of the burden of paying for the tax cuts the wealthy were given by the GOP. cstanleytech Oct 14 #12
Goldman Sachs exposes trump's huge lie that foreign countries are paying his tariffs and not US consumers . LetMyPeopleVote Oct 14 #13
So the Republicans deliberately lied to America Champp Oct 14 #15
Goldman Sachs report says 88% of American companies and consumers are paying Trump's tariffs LetMyPeopleVote Oct 14 #23
Along this line... llmart Oct 14 #24
Much of that is due to climate change and crop disease impacting cocoa growers in west Africa. paleotn Oct 14 #27
Can't be true. The Thing said Mexico was paying for it and, as proof, I got a 1 peso check Wonder Why Oct 14 #25
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