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  • Tell me how telling people their taxes are going to go up $3000 is better than explaining that the tariffs will cause their yearly goods expenses to go up by the same.

    This article is for the layman, not someone who understands tariffs. And instead of explaining that, it says "it's basically the same thing as your taxes going up!"

  • Twitter was awesome pre-2015 then something happened....can't quite figure out what brought a bunch of assholes to the platform....hmm...

    And if you feel forced to simplify your thoughts to fit the character limit, you're simply using the wrong service

  • No average person says "my taxes went up $3000 this year!" referring to anything other than their income tax.

    This is the exact water muddying I mentioned. Call things what they are and explain what they mean.

    There is zero downside to explaining it correctly:

    "Trump's newest round of tariffs are projected to cost the average citizen $3000 per year"

    Same power without the bullshitting. And you don't have someone looking at their paycheck wondering if it's taken effect yet.

  • Calling it a "tax increase" when it's not is kind of infuriating because it just muddies the conversation. Comparing it to a tax increase is fine but saying it's "effectively" one is worse than useless - it either confuses people, gives them the wrong idea, or gives them an easy out to say it's bullshit.

    I hate when my side does stuff like this.

  • These protestors in front of Tesla Service Centers need to see what a majority looks like...A couple hundred CTs surrounding them might do it.”

    This guy thinks the majority means "whoever shows up with weapons"