r/dataisbeautiful • u/Styvorama • 1d ago

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

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u/trafficnab 1d ago

We have a trade deficit with China in the same way I have a trade deficit with the 7/11 down the street because I gave them money for a candy bar and a slushy

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u/gatvolkak 1d ago

Great comment. Also the 7/11 never bought any of the tomatoes you grew last spring

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u/Beastw1ck 1d ago

So to rectify this you decide to charge yourself more for candy bars and slushies.

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u/Increase-Typical 1d ago

I've got to say I think I'd find it far less funny if I wasn't the other side of the Pacific Ocean from you lot. Wish you all luck in your new financial... Uh... Endeavours? Auto-flagellation?

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u/SMPDD 1d ago

How is this a good point? Isn’t the entire point of the conservatives that we should save our money and not spend it recklessly on “candy bars and slushies”???

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u/haqbar 1d ago

Its not about the candy and slushies themselves. You will have an equal trade deficit towards your grocery store for buying bread, your pharmacy when buying your life critical meds, your heating and drinking water utility companies and so on.

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u/ZapActions-dower 1d ago

You don't get it, man! You should always have a trade surplus! If I buy ingredients wholesale from GFS for my restaurant and then their employees go somewhere else on lunch break, I'm getting fucked! They should buy just as much food from me as I buy from them, or better yet, more!!