If the tariffs are working as intended -- to keep foreign goods out and to favor domestic alternatives -- then the ideal amount of revenue they bring in will be $0. Zero. Nothing.The government doesn't tax tobacco because it needs the money. It taxes tobacco so you stop smoking.Governments issue their own money. They don't need to collect revenue from someone else before they can spend. Rather, they have to spend BEFORE they can tax.
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>>535469363>If the tariffs are working as intended -- to keep foreign goods out and to favor domestic alternatives -- then the ideal amount of revenue they bring in will be $0. Zero. Nothing.Correct.>The government doesn't tax tobacco because it needs the money. It taxes tobacco so you stop smokingIncorrect.Sin taxes exist because they target a recognized out group
>>535469363We don't own the money the banks print ou so you are full of shit.
>>535469505The government is the only legal supplier of that which it demands as payment for taxes.Debunk it.
>>535469363>It taxes tobacco so you stop smoking.Oh sweet summer child.
>>535469363>It taxes tobacco so you stop smoking.it taxes tobacco because they know its an addictive drug and is simply profiting off your addictionid have much more respect if they just banned them all
>>535469750Government doesn't need the revenue from taxes. It is not revenue constrained. It doesn't need its own money from the population. It spends its own money unit into existence.Taxes function as 1) a check on inflationary pressure 2) to redistribute income 3) to modify behaviors (sin taxes vs. child and earned income tax credits)
>>535469750>a recognized out grouplike memeflagging trannies?
>>535469363tariffs are a tax on the enemy
>>535470456That's fine if you want to frame it that way. I am only discussing the operational side.
>>535470608the enemy pays it. it's free money
>>535470676If the population is producing more domestic goods and then consuming those domestic alternatives, then you aren't collecting the revenue. Which is fine, because that's not the point of tariffs and the government doesn't need to collect revenue in order to spend.Governments are not you -- they are not a household. They are not a business. They do need to earn deposits first. They create deposits at origin.
>>535471116the bad guys pay. it's not my problem
