alt Hacker NewsMaybe we should raise tariffs and raise taxes on the wealthy? Does it have to be framed as an either-or?
> and much of it does not have a domestic allegory
Well some would argue that's the problem. Maybe now we will? Idk.
Maybe we should raise tariffs and raise taxes on the wealthy? Does it have to be framed as an either-or?
> and much of it does not have a domestic allegory
Well some would argue that's the problem. Maybe now we will? Idk.
The way its being framed in the public - and often in discussions even in this Hacker News comments section - is its an alternative to raising other taxes. Trump is selling it that way, along with simultaneous tax cuts he wants to either extend or implement, which goes to show the tariffs are not some way of addressing the national debt concerns either.
While nothing does, the actual discussion around it isn't allowing any room for non-tariff tax increases regardless.