Bill Cypher on Nostr: I wrote an anti tariff post and all other taxes got caught in the crossfire. Good, ...

I wrote an anti tariff post and all other taxes got caught in the crossfire.

Good, they fucking deserve it.

Taxation is theft but some people seem to miss that tariffs are a class of taxes and therefore also theft.

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Your body is a complicated system. There are a lot of factors that interact to decide your overall health. I can still confidently say hitting yourself in the hand with a hammer is bad for you.

The economy is a complicated system. There are a lot of factors that interact to decide the overall health of an economy. I can still confidently say a party that adds no economic value to anyone pocketing a huge chunk of the value of every exchange is bad for the economy.

Every argument I've seen for tariffs might be good is analogous to saying hitting your hand with a hammer might improve your health. Why not, the body is a very complicated system you couldn't possibly know.