21 Apr 2026 6:46 pm
No.MR-7 » 21 Apr 2026, 6:42 pm » wrote: ↑ Price increases aren’t tariffs. Only the people who actually paid the tariff at the border get the refund. Everyone else paid retail, not Customs.
And if your landlord raises your rent, I guess you should get a refund from the city because the tax was ‘passed along, right? That’s not how payments or refunds work anywhere you uneducated ****.
Tariffs imposed in 2025 have raised prices on consumer goods, with studies indicating that costs are largely passed on to consumers rather than absorbed by firms.
Key Impacts of Tariffs on Prices:
- Small Business Burden: Tariff bills for small-business importers tripled from March 2025 to February 2026, forcing higher costs on them.
- Pass-Through Effect: Evidence suggests that, as in 2018, importers passed nearly the entire cost of the tariffs on to consumers in 2025.
- Increased Consumer Costs: Retail prices for imported goods increased by roughly 7 percentage points as of early 2026.
- Widespread Impact: The 2025 tariffs, which saw average effective tariff rates jump from 2.5% to 27%, caused notable price increases in durables like cars, appliances, and furniture.