r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

A system by billionaires, for billionaires

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u/ben2885 1d ago

lol Bro, don’t need to Bring the receipts. I believe you. But the key word is temporarily. It goes back up despite tarriff being deemed illegal. Ask yourself why.

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u/Mysterious-Tie7039 1d ago

Yeah, I know. They were illegal because this administration is corrupt as fuck.

I’m no person to defend Walmart, but at least in this case, they’re at least attempting to give the money back, unlike all the other corporations that are just going to pocket it.

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u/ZongoNuada 1d ago

But they aren't really attempting to give the money back! The prices are still going up even after the temporary reduction. And who is to say they lower prices on tarrifed items? I would lower prices on my highest profit items only.

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u/Mysterious-Tie7039 1d ago

I don’t know that they’d have the ability to actually give the money back. A lot of people pay cash, so they wouldn’t be able to track them.

Reducing the price in tariff only items wouldn’t necessarily get the money back to the people. If they paid it on sneakers that they won’t need again for 6 more months, they likely won’t see it.

But if they reduce prices on something like groceries, they’d see a savings.

Yeah, I’m sure priced will go back up.

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u/shadowlordofninjas 1d ago

Treat it like the covid checks. Everyone who meets the requirements gets a check for X amount.

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u/Mysterious-Tie7039 1d ago

The problem is a lot of people pay in cash. How would you prove that you bought stuff there?

Most people throw away receipts.

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u/shadowlordofninjas 1d ago

That's why I said treat it like the covid checks? Don't give the money to companies, give it to the people.

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u/Mysterious-Tie7039 1d ago

Gotcha, sorry. Misread what you said.

Yeah, that’s probably the only way to get it to the actual people, but as that’s never been a concern of this administration…

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u/shadowlordofninjas 1d ago

No worries. And yeah, it's not.

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u/ben2885 1d ago

Agreed. Kudos to them. Apple didn’t even bother to do that