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25 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 8h \ on: Companies Don’t “Pass the Cost of Tariffs on to Consumers” econ

meh, it's semantics

though i'd agree that the "companies passing the cost on" tends to put moral culpability on the companies when there should be done.

still, that only works on the weak minded

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 8h

I think there's also an idea that companies aren't negatively impacted, because they can just pass the costs on. It completely misses the relative burdens of tax incidence.