minus-squareXtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zonetoLeopards Ate My Face@lemmy.world•Explain it to me (sans facts).linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days agoTechnically correct, but most Americans understand how sales taxes work, so calling a tariff a sales tax works as a metaphor to explain tariffs. linkfedilink
minus-squareXtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zonetoWorld News@lemmy.world•17 Teslas destroyed following blaze at Rome dealershiplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·16 days agoWeird, sometimes they just do that. linkfedilink
minus-squareXtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zonetoTechnology@lemmy.world•Bitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post)linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoThis is how you end up with weird Unicode characters like 𖡄. linkfedilink
Technically correct, but most Americans understand how sales taxes work, so calling a tariff a sales tax works as a metaphor to explain tariffs.