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To: xjcsa

You have no idea what you are talking about.

You need to get your head out of free traitor theory and look at the reality.

Tell me, since you know so much about economics, when is a foreign good taxed in the supply chain?

I will tell you something, the tariff comes about before any good goes to wholesale or retail markup.

So if you get a pair of shoes from China that were sold to an American wholesaler at $4 and those shoes are taxed at 25% at the border for tariff, then the tax is $1 on the manufacturer in China, and the wholesaler and retailer can still mark it up to $25, $50, $75 or whatever.

The wholesaler and retailer are still making massive profits with a tariff in place.

Learn something about the supply chain before spouting your gibberish.

By the way, I always laugh at you free traitors who would prefer to tax American capital before taxing foreign capital.


56 posted on 04/25/2011 10:50:29 AM PDT by radpolis (Liberals: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy)
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To: radpolis
Tell me, since you know so much about economics, when is a foreign good taxed in the supply chain?

It's taxed at the same point as domestic goods - sales tax at the retail level. The federal government taxes neither, in most cases.

I will tell you something, the tariff comes about before any good goes to wholesale or retail markup.

Yep, and that cost is paid, ultimately, by customers who buy those goods.

So if you get a pair of shoes from China that were sold to an American wholesaler at $4 and those shoes are taxed at 25% at the border for tariff, then the tax is $1 on the manufacturer in China, and the wholesaler and retailer can still mark it up to $25, $50, $75 or whatever.

Right. It's called the free market. They can charge whatever the market will bear, and if they charge too much, a competitor will undercut them. That's a *good* thing.

The wholesaler and retailer are still making massive profits with a tariff in place.

That's a lefty argument. "The rich can afford to pay a little more in taxes." Same basic argument, but that money doesn't come from thin air; it's paid by *people*.

Learn something about the supply chain before spouting your gibberish.

By the way, I always laugh at you free traitors who would prefer to tax American capital before taxing foreign capital.

Wow...this is the third time on this thread I've had to remind someone that the first person to resort to name-calling in an argument is losing that argument. Anyway when did I say I wanted to tax American capital?

58 posted on 04/25/2011 11:02:54 AM PDT by xjcsa (Ridiculing the ridiculous since the day I was born.)
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