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ProfessorGAC

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5. Totally Made Up

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Wed Jan 14, 2026, 05:04 PM

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That's 60% of GDP.
Total imports last year were $4.3 trillion so this is more than 4x.
A 400% tariff on ALL imports would be required and that is economically impossible, as that whole $18 trillion would have to be passed on to consumers or absorbed by companies that only made $3.6 trillion in total profit in 2025.
Essentially every large company would be bankrupt to absorb this & if they passed it on inflation would be 50%

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