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Temporary suspension of acceptance of mail to the United States

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346 points Kye | 2 comments | 25 Aug 25 17:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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cheema33 ◴[25 Aug 25 18:13 UTC] No.45016963[source]▶
This needs to be repeated. Tariffs are a tax on ordinary citizens. Unlike regular taxes, tariffs are not progressive and therefore benefit the wealthy.

These are the sort of things the poor and middle class voted for. To make the rich, richer. And then turn around and complain that rich are getting richer and they are getting poorer.

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1. dfxm12 ◴[25 Aug 25 18:40 UTC] No.45017362[source]▶
I'm sure Japan, and other countries doing similar things, don't like the tariffs either. Hopefully actions like this will change voter behavior, either at the polls or to embolden voters to do whatever it is they can to tell their elected officials to revert these changes. Maybe this is a drop in the bucket, but on the other hand, maybe Japan doesn't want to/can't make a bigger a splash.

In any case, it is rare that Americans face consequences for bad behavior of American foreign policy. Hopefully Americans get more engaged and introspective this time around.

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2. rkuykendall-com ◴[25 Aug 25 18:44 UTC] No.45017424[source]▶
> Hopefully actions like this will change voter behavior

It won't: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93United_States_tr...