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JohnnyYou » 22 Apr 2026, 5:54 am » wrote: ↑

22 Apr 2026, 5:54 am

The Smoot Hawley Tariff Act demonstrated this in the 1930's. Look it up.  Economist widely agree the policies prolonged The Great Depression.  Everyone Smoot Hawley got voted out of office in the following election cycle after implementation.

I recall preaching that the proposed tariffs were a dumb idea in the election. Compounding it with Mass Deportations was the dumbest **** political idea I have ever heard of.

In large part, that tariffs destroyed my job that I enjoyed very much and I was hopeful to ride on the train to 70.  Our building is empty. The businesses in town are missing revenue from lunches and gasoline purchases.

The refunds total 106$ Million. Consumers paid the higher costs for the products and the businesses get the money that we spent back.. So we paid the tariff and now we pay taxes to pay the companies that charged us more to pay them back.  

Elect crap, Expect to eat shyt.

Consumers paid the tariff? that’s not how any of this works. Importers paid the tariff. Consumers paid the markup. If you can’t tell the difference between a government remittance and Walmart raising the price of a toaster, economics might not be your lane. Refunds go to whoever actually wrote the check to Customs. That’s the importer. Not you. Not me. Not Karen with the blender. The importer. The one with the EIN number and the paperwork. The law isn’t going to cut a check to every dude who bought a lawnmower in 2020. This fantasy where consumers get refunds is adorable, though. Like imagining Ford is going to show up at your house with a giant novelty check because steel tariffs made your F‑150 cost $600 more. Companies passed the cost to consumers because that’s what companies do. Then they get the refund because that’s what the law says. If that feels unfair, take it up with the people who wrote the policy, not the people who understand how tariffs actually function. So no, consumers aren’t getting a dime. You uneducated Slack-Jaws are pathetic.

If one tariff was all it took to collapse your entire company, it wasn’t ‘destroyed’ — it was already dying and looking for a scapegoat.