along with the education system, the healthcare system, political representation, and the military-industrial complex. It's like all of those things have been turned against the citizens of the United States.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Sure but as prices increase people purchase less Canadian goods, so still hurts us.

[–] No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 hours ago

Maybe there will be fewer purchases. But only if a few conditions have been met:

there is an alternative product; and
buyers can switch to the alternative product; and
the alternative has characteristics that make it more desirable than the Canadian product once prices rise from tarrifs;

people can choose to not buy a product at all.

If the Canadian products are still the cheapest (or cheap enough), better enough in some other quality (e.g. not diarrhea inducing?), if buyers are locked into long-term supply agreements, or if people just need the product because there are no alternatives and not buying isn't an option, then tariffs don't impact total sales for those products directly.

It would be interesting to see a breakdown of the tarrifed goods against how elastic the demand for them is.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

There's no wall

[–] No_Eponym@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 hours ago

Your statement is contrary to factual reality which can be physically verified. Trump built 705 km of new primary barrier in his first term. Biden actually ended up adding to the wall after initially stopping construction. Since Trump's second term, wall construction has restarted with plans to complete the wall before the end of his term. None of this construction has been financed by Mexico.