Was he actually thinking that those $450 were just gifted by the exporter?

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    I don’t think I could find a Spanish person, except perhaps a child, who didn’t understand the concept of an import tax. How are Americans so goddamn stupid that they don’t understand something that simple.

    It’s a tax, in the United States, imposed by the president of the United States, why the fuck would a Spanish company pay it?

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      Because that’s what the idiot president told his idiot voters and they were too dumb to know he was wrong. They think he’s smart because he has money

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      didn’t understand the concept of an import tax

      That’s why the media uses the term “tariffs” and describes them as being “imposed on {country X}”. That lets the people who desperately want their masters to be in the right to imagine foreign countries are being bullied into writing big checks.

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        Wow, Thanks for that, I had completely missed this piece of Consent Manufacturing and I tend to be aware of them.

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      Because AFAIK the US republicans dismantled education as much as they could and now they have a bunch of absolute dummies running around.

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        Just as planned. And just as planned this gave the republicans more power.

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        Nah, that’s no excuse here. This is an adult. I don’t know how old they are, but I was taught about taxes and tariffs in school at two or three different ages. They were a big part of the American Revolution.

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          There are plenty of places that still talk about “the War of Northern Aggression”, quality of education varies WILDLY between states.

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      Because it’s a cult. You believe whatever nonsense the leader tells you to in order to be a member, and you want to stay a member because it fills some psychological need within you.