• tomi000@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    Will Scharf, a White House official, claimed the new car tariffs would result in more than $100bn in annual revenue to the US

    I dont understand how this is supposed to generate ‘revenue for the US’. The money will come from their own citizens, so its basically a tax increase. Are taxes considered ‘revenue for the country’? Its not like the money comes frot outside the US.

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      12 days ago

      Technically yes, this is tax revenue for the government. Which is weird, I thought Republicans wanted to lower taxes…