So about those tariffs...

Odds · 2026-02-22T09:30:23+0000

motorbiking · 2026-02-22T09:46:26+0000

Keep voting labour then - got it

ellal said:
But the brexiteers/trump lovers told us we were getting a better deal than the EU

It was Starmer's deal

noseall · 2026-02-22T10:10:46+0000

motorbiking said:
It was Starmer's deal

At least he's attempting to fix the Brexit damage.

Brexit - utter pile of shoite.

blup · 2026-02-22T10:29:22+0000

fillyboy said:
And yet inflation stands at 2.4%
I'm not disputing what the fed say, obviously 'some' of the tariffs are going to go to the end user, but how are they running an inflation rate significantly lower than ours.
Higher prices equals inflation.

Something doesn't add up.

Inflation rate calculation is highly selective. Its like companies who make huge profits but post losses because their accountants shift the costs around.

blup · 2026-02-22T10:32:14+0000

MNW67 said:
Probably nobody!

The Supreme Court chickened out on that point.

But if the tariffs are refunded, it will presumably be the importer who paid it who gets it back.

Morally the end user, the consumer should. If BP can create a fund to compensate businesses affected by the gulf of mexico oil spill, Trumpf can do it with tariff revenues. US national debt is only 36 trillion after all.

Odds · 2026-02-22T10:53:48+0000

blup said:
Inflation rate calculation is highly selective. Its like companies who make huge profits but post losses because their accountants shift the costs around.

...then legal weasels like 'bi king spend hours explaining why this is all legal.

Feel conned yet?

blup · 2026-02-22T13:18:59+0000

Odds said:
...then legal weasels like 'bi king spend hours explaining why this is all legal.

Feel conned yet?

I've not followed his detailed arguments on that, but it seems to me that accountants are far worse than lawyers in the way they transfers costs to create losses or inflate profits, often between countries, aided and abetted by EU states in competition with each other to bring employment opportunities in. I was amazed when in Rotterdam to see the number of insurance companies based there.

blup · 2026-02-22T13:22:48+0000

motorbiking said:
Keep voting labour then - got it

It was Starmer's deal

It wasn't his referendum though.

motorbiking · 2026-02-22T13:24:20+0000

blup said:
It wasn't his referendum though.

It has nothing to do with Brexit, other than it gave Starmer the ability to do his own deal.

blup · 2026-02-22T13:26:53+0000

motorbiking said:
It has nothing to do with Brexit, other than it gave Starmer the ability to do his own deal.

That sounds suspiciously like something to do with Brexhit

motorbiking · 2026-02-22T13:28:34+0000

A Brexit bonus perhaps

So about those tariffs...

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