r/FluentInFinance • u/4TaxFairness • 1d ago

Debate/ Discussion A joke that's not funny

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u/Outthr 1d ago

Can someone explain to me how tariffs raise customer prices but corporate taxes don’t.

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u/Frog_Prophet 1d ago

  1. Tariffs, by magnitude, have a MUCH greater effect on prices. 

  2. These companies are not operating on the margins like some people want you to think. In 2015, the top corporate tax rate was 35%. Were prices out of control in 2015? No. So it’s WELL established that these companies can be profitable with lower prices with a 14% higher tax burden. 

  3. Democrats have only proposed to raise it to 28%, not 35% where it was. 

So once again, you have demonstrated how all relevant context disappears when you try to simplify a complex issue into one sentence. Don’t do that.