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MLAA

(19,446 posts)
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 06:00 PM Aug 25

Here's my example of tariffs not only causing prices to increase but also causing long delays.

Normally this company ships out in a few days after an order and I receive the items a couple days later. After realizing it had been over 2 weeks since the earliest of my orders I sent an email to the company’s customer service. They said all their orders since Aug 6th are all sitting in customers and they aren’t hearing back from customs. This must really be hurting the company’s cash flow. It will also mean I order less as I’ll likely be paying 15% more than I would have before the tariffs. I’d read that changing trade agreements usually take a long time in part to allow country’s systems to catch up with the new amounts/restrictions etc. Who knows when I’ll get what I ordered.

Tariffs = taxes on Consumers.

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Here's my example of tariffs not only causing prices to increase but also causing long delays. (Original Post) MLAA Aug 25 OP
Across the board 25%+ price increases are on the way. Klarkashton Aug 25 #1
CBO just threw some chit into mix saying that tariffs will cut deficit by close to 45% over 10 years. Silent Type Aug 25 #2
And none of it is true JustAnotherGen Aug 25 #3
If it does, American consumers will be paying that 4$ trillion. MLAA Aug 25 #4

Klarkashton

(3,786 posts)
1. Across the board 25%+ price increases are on the way.
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 06:04 PM
Aug 25

All that bullshit motherhood about the corporations being patriotic and eating the tariffs is going by the by.

Some jolly day we'll be getting "We had no idea this would happen".

Silent Type

(10,815 posts)
2. CBO just threw some chit into mix saying that tariffs will cut deficit by close to 45% over 10 years.
Mon Aug 25, 2025, 06:37 PM
Aug 25

The new estimate is $4 T vs. $2.5 earlier.

https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61697

trump will tell us how he will make us all rich, and half of country will want to believe his BS.

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