Tariff reality

[wtg]

"It's Real Y'all": People Are Sharing Their Tariff Receipts, And My Wallet Is Not Ready For What's Coming

"The product cost is $524 and the tariff charge is $890."

It gets worse...

https://www.buzzfeed.com/meganeliscomb/trump-tariff-receipts-may-2025

[Piano*Dad]

Hard to figure why any company would pay that kind of tariff markup unless there is no alternative source for the US market, AND they think they can then mark up the product enough to consumers to avoid cutting their own mark up (profit) too much.

[Steve Miller]

Remarkable.

[wtg]

Will people pay more if a product is made in the US?

Apparently not.

A business owner tested if customers would pay more for American-made. The results were 'sobering.'

From Business Insider:

https://archive.is/g0KWA

[wtg]

Low prices and Trump's trade war are pushing these Northwest farmers to the brink

https://www.npr.org/2025/05/19/nx-s1-5388501/low-prices-and-trumps-trade-war-are-pushing-these-northwest-farmers-to-the-brink

[Piano*Dad]

Wanna see some heads explode? I have agreed with about five separate things Randy Paul has said over the past week or so...

https://bsky.app/profile/dhfeldman.bsky.social/post/3lphxauk5ec25