Summary
A Harris poll reveals that 69% of Americans believe Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs would increase consumer costs, with many planning purchases ahead of his inauguration to avoid price hikes.
Trump has championed tariffs as a key policy to boost domestic manufacturing, but economists and corporate leaders warn costs will be passed to consumers, potentially adding $2,600 annually to household expenses.
While Republicans are more supportive of tariffs, only 51% think they will benefit the economy.
The poll highlights widespread concern over tariffs’ economic impact, especially amid lingering inflation and financial uncertainty.
So 1/3rd of Americans don’t understand how economies work or what a tariff is.
US has lead pipes, piss poor education standards with not enough funding, environmental pollution, bought out media that perpetuates toxic culture
Wut that has to do with anything there saying??!! *cough and wheeze*
The Democrats want to take your guns!
Dude! This is Trumpland! We don’t do reality!
Egad, you’re right! Here, we let reality do us!
Gotta be the same 30-40% that vote trump no matter what he does.
And 20% do, but voted for him anyway…
But you see, the leopards won’t eat their faces!
They just go with whatever Trump says.
If 2/3 of people seemingly understand the truth, how tf was he voted back in? Can they get rid of the outdated electoral college system yet?
Less than a third of eligible voters voted for him, so it tracks. Close to half the country not voting suggests they understand tariffs, but either just fine paying 20% extra for everything or don’t believe he’ll actually do the things he’s been most vocal about doing.
Most voters are dumber than dogshit. Can’t blame the EC for this one. Blame the fucking dumbass voters.
Trump won with less than 20% of the vote if you count all eligible voters, he won because most people stayed home.
GM’s stock price is down 8% today.
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate automotive union workers who voted for Trump.
This may seem odd, but remember: greater than 2/3 of eligible voters did not vote for Trump.
So where were you on Nov 5th?
The other 3rd are just that braindead
Well now hold up, a little more than half of the 2/3 knew better but voted for it anyways. Id say they’re pretty braindead too.
but they are more likely to vote than the other two thirds.
They are more likely to vote for the wrong team
Headline should read “One third of Americans have no idea how a tariff works”
Way to shoot ourselves in the dick.
It doesn’t matter what they ‘think’. Tariffs will fuck everything up for everyone involved. People’s opinions on this mean nothing. It is like asking people if they think that being thrown into a deep body water with a heavy chain around around your feet will kill. The answer they give is irrelevant. That action will kill you because you will drown. End of discussion.
Maybe they should have voted appropriately on Nov 5.
New cars coming from Canada or Mexico? 25% more expensive. American cars
madefinal assembly in USA with tons of parts from Mexico/Canada will be $$ too. And about every piece of electronics 10% more expensive too.Does Trump know that drugs like fentanyl is being made in USA? Does he thin
gk drug manufacturer/dealer all come from mexico/canada/china?Does he thin[k] drug manufacturer/dealer all come from mexico/canada/china?
Yes. That’s the racism.
While I don’t quite believe this connection, I want to point out that legacy car manufacturers heavily depend on imports, especially from Canada and Mexico …… but Tesla does not
The other third are household pets.
I love how people are debating this as if it’s not a well understood concept. Can’t wait till we get headlines like “1/4 of people belive a bullet to the head might possibly be fatal in some cases”.
ITT 1/3 of Americans are fucking morons
Lol.
We’re such an unforgivably stupid society.
It doesn’t matter what politicians we choose. It doesn’t matter if the “pendulum swings back”. We’re stupid. Wherever the pendulum is, we’re still stupid. So we’re still going to trend downward, because that’s the only direction a stupid society can go.
