Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Another LSL/Brownwood store closing due to COvid
View Single Post
 
Old 09-17-2020, 03:48 PM
Stu from NYC Stu from NYC is offline
Sage
Join Date: Feb 2020
Posts: 15,311
Thanks: 1,263
Thanked 16,278 Times in 6,382 Posts
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kilmacowen View Post
The tariff just gets added to the cost of the product. We, the tax payer consumer pays the tariff.
Not totally true.

Competition limits how much suppliers of stuff can add to the price.

Remember a lot of stuff comes from other countries where they are not subject to the tariff.

As a result very often the importer actually absorbs a good deal of the cost of the tariff.

I should know as my business consists of importing mechanical components from China.