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Ron Johnson: “Tariffs are a tax. We're not quite sure who pays them.”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Yeah, I mean, I'm not impressed by the people managing this in the House. I'm just going to say so. I'm not surprised. But it, of course, needs the Senate as well. Tariffs are a tax. We're not quite sure who pays them. Whereas the foreign companies, the foreign countries, the US Consumer, again, the instance of tax is never particularly certain. But tariffs raise the cost of goods for what? (57:11–57:15)

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Asserts that tariffs function as a tax with uncertain incidence.

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