So... not corporate greed this time? :)

But their costs were going up not down.

Just having fun on this one. Whatever party is in charge never takes responsibility for inflation and it's always someone else's fault.

Every Republican and Hillary Democrat (me included) hammered on about tariffs causing inflation when it was Bernie vs Hillary.

Trump goes wild on tariffs, Republicans develop amnesia, and Bernie Bros pivot from blaming corporations to blaming the govt.

Nah. He's cost me more money than anybody here. Outside of a few long term strategic interests, tariffs are a terrible idea.

Not the flex you're thinking it is, pal.

#7 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-10-08 10:36 PM | Reply

Only in your very active imagination is that a flex.

The corporations of course.
IOW transfer of money from poor and middle class to corporations because of Piggys theft

#8 | Posted by truthhurts at 2026-10-08 10:39 PM | Reply | Flag:

99.9% of all businesses in the US are incorporated small businesses.
82% of those are solo ventures with no employees.

Yes we all got refunds. No we didn't give them back to the consumers. Then many of us were hit with new, increased tariffs over again.

Most corporations in America are owned by middle to middle-upper class people.

Sadly, partisan politics lumps Hidalgo's Used Tires (who imports from tires from China) with Mavis Tire Express (who also imports tires from China). The tariffs are much worse for Hidalgo.

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99.9 percent of businesses are small.
There are 36,207,130 small businesses in the United States.
U.S. small businesses employ 62.3 million people, 45.9 percent of private sector workers.
Economic activity from small businesses makes up 43.5 percent of GDP.
Over 80 percent of the paperwork burden for small businesses comes from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) alone

U.S. Business Distribution by Employee Size (Firmographics)

1 to 4 employees: ~12.4 million businesses
5 to 9 employees: ~1.9 million businesses
10 to 19 employees: ~809,000 businesses
20 to 49 employees: ~409,000 businesses
50 to 99 employees: ~151,000 businesses
100 to 249 employees: ~89,000 businesses
250 to 499 employees: ~33,000 businesses
500 to 999 employees: ~19,000 businesses
1,000+ employees: ~24,300 businesses

U.S. Business Distribution by Annual Sales Revenue

Under $500k: ~13.9 million businesses
$500k " $999k: ~792,000 businesses
$1M " $2.4M: ~546,000 businesses
$2.5M " $4.9M: ~222,000 businesses
$5M " $9.9M: ~144,000 businesses
$10M " $99M: ~176,000 businesses
$100M " $499M: ~23,600 businesses
$500M " $999M: ~4,000 businesses
$1B+: ~5,100 businesses