> People actually believed the idiotic notion that "other countries" pay the tariffs.

Many believed this, think about how many Americans do not understand the Progressive Tax system. I believe it has been intentional for many years to keep up some of these misunderstanding of basic governance.

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tombert an hour ago | parent [-]

I mean, I guess?

I don't really feel like I needed to be taught that tariffs would raise prices. I'm not some hypergenius, it really seems pretty obvious to me.

	▲	ArmadilloGang 42 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		You are engaged in a hacker news debate after 11 PM. You are not exactly a spitting image of the average American adult.
	▲	asdff 39 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Half the country can't read at a 6 grade level. You are in fact one of the hypergeniuses.
	▲	FireBeyond 41 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Yeah, but at the risk of being unoriginal, "Think about how dumb the average American is... and then realize half of the country is dumber than him." Or more practically and relevant to this? Number one Google search on Election Day? "Did Biden drop out?" Not the world's most informed electorate.