• dance_ninja@lemmy.world
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    “Tariffs are taxes," said Kildee [(D)]. “President-elect Trump’s proposal will drive higher prices for consumers and contribute to higher inflation.”

    Wish they would have driven this message harder nationwide.

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      Yeah but with more than half of Americans with reading comprehension skills of a sixth grader, I don’t think Democrats way of communicating would have helped unfortunately.

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        Yeah, people were shouting this from the roof tops. Many people were having this conversation with any conservative leaning person. And the response was a resounding “Nuh, uh. Eggs are expensive now, things were cheaper with orange man”

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        Yeah but with more than half of Americans with reading comprehension skills of a sixth grader

        I admire your optimism and generosity.

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        I’m going to cut right to the chase in everyday conversations and call them “the trump tax”.

        Not that it will do much good, but the more people that know about this, the better. Better to frame it properly and let the opposition and the low-info try to roll it back.

        For the magabrained that start up with the arguments, I’ll innocently ask them if this isn’t what they voted for?

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      I think a lot of “well actually” shit would have started up from not only the extremist right wing, but the “liberal media” as well, telling everyone that tariffs are not really taxes and so on. Just enough cover for the nitwits to still vote for their racism anyway, er, I mean, because of the price of eggs, you guyz!