Posted on 12/02/2025 10:39:35 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Best reverse advertising ever. Morons.
COSTCO demonstrating its love for the CCP.
So Costco is full of overseas products?
As a Costco customer... and a long-term shareholder... I say that this sucks.
I get it that they want their cut of the $$ if the Trump tariffs lose at the SCOTUS, but sometimes you’ve got to put country ahead of your bottom line... or at least pretend that you are do so. The optics of this are terrible.
The only problem with this lawsuit I see is the simple PUBLISHED FACT that Costco doesn’t make a dime off the products they sello. It is the Yearly Membership fees they collect that is 90% plus of their Profits.
There was an article explaining this a few weeks ago.
Domestic importers who purchase overseas for subsequent importation into the U.S. are voluntarily stepping into the shoes of foreign exporters shipping goods into the U.S. for sale domestically.
The target of these tariffs are those foreign exporters seeking to exploit the U.S. domestic market.
There is no constitutional issue here! Tariffs are not taxes. Foreign exporters have no rights under COTUS and thus no standing to sue in U.S. Federal District Court.
They need to raise their hot dog prices.
I hate Costco anyway, they suck.
> So Costco is full of overseas products? <
Out of curiosity, I just looked it up. Something like 80% of Costco’s products are made overseas. I’m sure the number would be similar with Walmart and Target.
It’s a race to the bottom. And I really don’t blame the companies very much. Try to sell only American products, and your competitors will drive you into bankruptcy.
I blame Congress. High taxes and over-regulation have destroyed American industry.
My thoughts:
The money was put in the Treasury and can’t be taken out without an appropriation by Congress.
Trump’s emergency powers only go for five to six months at a time I believe.
Maybe so, but I'm betting most Freepers go to Costco quite often.
Why do Leftist who profit by the free enterprise capitalistic system have such contempt for the great country they do business in? Here’s another example of a liberal mindset where TDS may just destroy the company.
Capitalistic, heathen Commies.
You might say — if the tariffs are cancelled, it would cause massive chaos and financial difficulty.
And the Supreme Court might say — That’s not our problem. We decide based on the law and what happens after that is not our concern.
And so one might say — Obama was not a Natural Born Citizen and should not have been President, and Joe Biden stole the election in 2020 and he should also have not been president.
And the Supreme Court might say — Oh, would cause massive chaos and financial difficulty. We can’t go there. What’s done is done.
Tariffs are taxes imposed by the government of one country on goods or services imported from another country.
https://www.cbp.gov/trade/programs-administration/determining-duty-rates
My link is from under the Biden Administration. A “Duty”, is not a tax.
Good idea. Then every product Costco raised prices on can be returned to every customer who bought those products. Can’t have it both ways.
Good point Walmart is out selling COSTCO their sparkler show not working.
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