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kimbutgar

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14. MAGA shop at Walmart and they can't blame President Biden now for those tariffs and higher prices.
Mon Mar 24, 2025, 08:20 PM
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OMG are the Waltons going to find out that they are not the gods they thought they were? LiberalArkie Mar 24 #1
Reminds me of "The Man that said NO to Walmart" Born Free Mar 24 #13
China has the advantage....even with a 20% add, its goods are still cheaper. We can't turn on new... dutch777 Mar 24 #2
So if trump imposes tariffs on Chinese goods, chinese companies have to raise prices to Walmart. Walmart wants Chinese Srkdqltr Mar 24 #3
Not exactly. The Chinese companies don't raise their prices; the tariff that Walmart has to pay to the US government Ol Janx Spirit Mar 24 #4
And foreign prices will likely increase beyond the tariffs as demand will fall proportionally IbogaProject Mar 25 #15
That's not actually historically accurate. The Great Depression started in 1929 while the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act... Ol Janx Spirit Mar 25 #18
Weird headline. It is WalMart that is pressuring China. GreatGazoo Mar 24 #5
The first sentence of the OP excerpt has this BumRushDaShow Mar 24 #6
China is still the one paying those tariffs, right? Bayard Mar 24 #7
No - it's the people who IMPORT from China who would pay BumRushDaShow Mar 24 #8
I guess I forgot this.... Bayard Mar 24 #10
When I saw your BumRushDaShow Mar 24 #12
Their cost of living is lower which is called a Comparative Advantage IbogaProject Mar 25 #16
A "new" class of the populace were only recently able to afford to purchase what they make BumRushDaShow Mar 25 #17
Alternatives Magoo48 Mar 24 #9
So, they are blaiming the coming 20% price increase Miguelito Loveless Mar 24 #11
MAGA shop at Walmart and they can't blame President Biden now for those tariffs and higher prices. kimbutgar Mar 24 #14
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