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schaefmasterflex.bsky.social @schaefmasterflex.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
On this we agree 100%
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schaefmasterflex.bsky.social @schaefmasterflex.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Fair. Guilty as charged that I’m thinking first order here by contrasting a tariff tax (ie sales tax) with an income tax
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schaefmasterflex.bsky.social @schaefmasterflex.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
I am, and yes you are right about all that. Thanks for the thoughts
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schaefmasterflex.bsky.social @schaefmasterflex.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Yeah but so does a tax increase. But they aren’t bad for the deficit. (I swear I’m not trying to come up with a defense of tariffs!)
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schaefmasterflex.bsky.social @schaefmasterflex.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
You seem smart, so I’m curious if you have a thought: If the tariff does NOT raise any money, then why would it hurt the economy that much? Conversely, if it DOES raise a lot of money, then wouldn’t that reduce the deficit/drop yields? (I am anti-tariff, but this is a paradox I’m thinking through.)
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