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not really, but it makes you feel better to think that. It's

Posted on: July 2, 2025 at 14:07:57 CT

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almost as dumb as thinking american consumers absorb all or even most of tariffs; or that even american importers do.

It's vastly more complex than that, but you like your ice cream "vanilla".

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Trade deal w/ the commies who defeated US boomers in war - Columbian Gold MU - 7/2 09:48:35

Like it or not we've been trading with Vietnam for 3 decades - MU Diaspora MU

- 7/2 12:34:10

america left vietnam two years before the south fell(nm) - tmcats KSU - 7/2 11:27:06

Then the Dems abandoned them. nm - MU Diaspora MU

- 7/2 12:34:51

worst political decisions ever for this country ... - tmcats KSU - 7/2 13:20:19

Vietnam will pay the tarriff? (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 7/2 10:14:48

Vietnam exporters will eat all/most of the tariff - Spanky KU - 7/2 10:24:36

I'm not following. do you mean they would lower the price - SwampTiger MU - 7/2 10:34:54

They baked a 50% tax into their price, if the import tax is - FoxtrotDeltaTango UVA - 7/2 11:18:55

No.. their profit rate was huge. They didn't bake tariffs - Spanky KU - 7/2 11:20:24

Why do you love paying tax so much? - FoxtrotDeltaTango UVA - 7/2 11:30:59

They sold at a market price with a large profit margin - Spanky KU - 7/2 12:46:00

Kct boner sock(nm) - Calca STL - 7/2 11:41:35

no way (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 7/2 11:55:24

They will not increase the price unless tariffs increased to - Spanky KU - 7/2 10:51:57

They built a price point where they could absorb a 50% tax, - FoxtrotDeltaTango UVA - 7/2 11:53:55

You named your handle FDT - Calca STL - 7/2 12:03:10

You're stupid - FoxtrotDeltaTango UVA - 7/2 12:24:30

You're a DH - Calca STL - 7/2 16:07:46

the imoporter of record will pay the tariff - Ferg MU - 7/2 10:29:51

It is also generally a US subsidiary of the foreign exporter - Spanky KU - 7/2 10:53:56

is your importer a US subsidy of the VN supplier? (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 7/2 11:27:55

Yes - Spanky KU - 7/2 18:38:12

Some people actually think that's the case - Ferg MU - 7/2 10:19:02

not really, but it makes you feel better to think that. It's - 90Tiger STL - 7/2 14:07:57

Having spent nearly a year in that hellhole - mu7176grad MU - 7/2 09:58:13

likewise(nm) - tmcats KSU - 7/2 11:28:12

what was it like to shoot children? (nm) - Seagull MU - 7/2 11:11:15

The war was a miskake that I got drafted into - mu7176grad MU - 7/2 11:47:16

Good answer to that jackass. - MU Diaspora MU

- 7/2 12:36:03

Now that it’s not a totalitarian hellhole - El-ahrairah BAMA - 7/2 09:51:32

RE: Now that it’s not a totalitarian hellhole - sarasotatiger MU - 7/2 10:01:53

It’s a beautiful country - El-ahrairah BAMA - 7/2 10:13:54

South Vietnamese were an occupying force?(nm) - alstl MU - 7/2 10:24:25

A propped up us dictator who couldnt get his people to fight - El-ahrairah BAMA - 7/2 10:29:02

You are wrong - they took massive casualties - I was in - alstl MU - 7/2 14:43:53

Perhaps we shouldn't have assassinated Diem - MU Diaspora MU

- 7/2 12:41:35

as opposed to the other propped up commie dictator? - blake1771 MU - 7/2 12:29:19