I think it’s relevant and newsworthy that Trump is floating the idea of replacing the income tax with tariffs. And as much as I think protectionism is stupid, I’d even be open to swapping one for the other if I thought it was feasible. Consumption taxes are better than income taxes (even tho, again, tariffs are a really dumb form of consumption taxes and you couldn’t possibly raise enough revenue to make it work). But ffs can people please stop taking this idea seriously? I don’t mean as policy, but as politics. The president can’t do anything of the sort unilaterally. And if you think he has the political chops or stamina to get something like that through Congress (and the courts) you’re higher than a moon bat. This is all fan fiction bs. And anti-Trump and pro-Trump people alike are taking the bait.
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