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highplainsdem

(61,175 posts) Tue Feb 17, 2026, 02:30 PM Tuesday

Trump trade official: Tariffs don't hurt the poor hardest b/c most US consumption is "done by the wealthiest people" [View all]

Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on tariffs: "It's not regressive. Most consumption in America is done by the wealthiest people. So the idea it's somehow regressive is just wrong."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-02-17T19:02:07.034Z

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Trump trade official: Tariffs don't hurt the poor hardest b/c most US consumption is "done by the wealthiest people" [View all] highplainsdem Tuesday OP

😲😵‍💫 mwmisses4289 Tuesday #1

Jamieson Greer would have failed the Econ 101 class I took at Portland State University in 1963. Permanut Tuesday #2

Oh, ok good then we can TAX THEM. Thanks, Jamieson Greer!! Volaris Tuesday #3

What a total dope. Does he have any idea of the items we have to buy that come from someplace else? Vinca Tuesday #4

Greer and the rest of the idiots need to be put on SS incomes not exceeding $2,000.00/month and made to live in public Dorothy V Tuesday #5

Is he really that stupid ... surrealAmerican Tuesday #6

He said that for his patrons. haele Tuesday #7

GOP voters are this stupid Johonny Tuesday #8

Those Are Not Mutually Exclusive ProfessorGAC Tuesday #10

Trump trade official. Spokesman for the Duh wing of the Repooplican party. Ping Tung Tuesday #9

The rich clearly need another tax cut durablend Tuesday #11

When I saw the subject line I immediately thought GoodRaisin Tuesday #12