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In reply to the discussion: Trump: 'Mexico is paying for the wall' through savings in new trade deal [View all]Cold War Spook
(1,279 posts)37. Does he think that his followers
believe that if they used to buy something for $1,000 but with a 25% tariff they now have to pay $1,250 and that extra $250 goes to the federal government? I know that it isn't $250 because the tariff is on the price coming in, not the retail price but it was easier writing it this way. There will be businesses that will try to raise the price 25%.
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Trump: 'Mexico is paying for the wall' through savings in new trade deal [View all]
DonViejo
Dec 2018
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We need mental fitness requirements placed on candidates running for president.
dubyadiprecession
Dec 2018
#6
Does that mean he's going to raise taxes on the corporations that 'saved money' to pay for it?
htuttle
Dec 2018
#7
You can paint a skunks body green and paint its tail bright red and call it a poinsettia but
cstanleytech
Dec 2018
#17
Thank you for reminding everyone that you said Mexico would pay for the wall, dotard.
SunSeeker
Dec 2018
#26
Remember when "the wall just got ten feet taller!" In response to Mexico's president saying
brewens
Dec 2018
#28