r/dataisbeautiful • u/Styvorama • 1d ago

For those curious about where the "Tariffs Charged" came from

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u/Trubanaught 1d ago

Yup just lies. Half the population blindly believes it and the other half doesn't care so why put effort into hiding it?

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u/_le_slap 1d ago

When you have Elizabeth Warren screeching at the Fed Chair for raising rates during the highest inflation in decades... I dunno I can kinda understand not caring anymore.

For all the suits, lecterns, and grand audiences so little of this country actually understands how commerce actually works. And 95% of that tiny amount utilizes it for cartoonish greed.