• HubertManne@piefed.social
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    3 days ago

    do you mean the viewpoint of tarrifs are tax? they are. they are an import tax paid by the us importers to take possession of foreign goods.

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      3 days ago

      Paid by the government? Still don’t get it taxes are paid by the consumer of goods in that case.

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        3 days ago

        Every government advertisement contains that tag line, or similar - provincial advertisements say “Paid for by the government of <province”, campaign ads use the party name in the tag line. Most Canadians are used to seeing this, and won’t conflate the tagline as being part of the ad itself.

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        oh the advertisement was paid by the government. its an ad campaign against the tarrifs. I thought you meant the general message of the advertisement.