The Daily Populous Monday May 19th, 2025 night edition
Authored by huffpost.com and submitted by Murky-Site7468

"I have a small business and I was already terrified of the tariffs stuff before it started. I kept telling people, 'They seriously want to kill small businesses. Plain and simple.' I buy packaging and other materials wholesale, making my prices more competitive. Recently, I went to purchase more bubble wrap & it's literally 200% higher in cost. I mean, if you're involved in e-commerce, you are either paying a monthly fee for a website, OR you're getting anywhere between 10-30% of your earnings skimmed off before you even add all the other expenses. This means that a few dollars here, a few dollars there ADDS UP FAST."

"They want it to be the '50s so badly, and part of that mentality is 'BUY AMERICAN!' but we are SOOOOO far beyond that. It's nearly impossible to only buy American these days. Plus, we're all in such an economic shit-hole, we can't AFFORD to only 'buy American.' This is what we get for putting a nepo baby 'billionaire' in office, and him adding more billionaires to his cabinet. They have no idea how much things cost because they are so far removed from the American people.

I'm afraid of having to raise my prices. It's either alienate buyers and increase costs, or take a major hit. This is all, pardon me, BULLSHIT."

LazloHollifeld on May 18th, 2025 at 16:02 UTC »

We need to flip this back on the administration and instead of calling them tariffs they should be referred to as the Trump Tax hike that they are.

Machiavvelli3060 on May 18th, 2025 at 15:58 UTC »

Make sure you thank the person who suddenly made everything more expensive.

OrbeaSeven on May 18th, 2025 at 15:51 UTC »

Trump has no idea how much his tariffs will implode normal American finances. He doesn't shop, probably has never entered a Walmart or a grocery store. And he doesn't appear to care much about anything right now except his gift plane.