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MichMan

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28. Not necessarily

Reply to gab13by13 (Reply #26)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 10:10 AM

Yesterday

If Nike imports a shoe from Asia that costs $15 to manufacture and sells it to a kid in Detroit for $200, they likely are going to absorb a tariff of 25% instead of increasing the price to the consumer by $3.75.

No different than a corporation paying any other kind of tax like income or property taxes. Not every penny of a higher corporate income tax always gets passed along to the consumer. In some instances, it does, but depending upon the profit margins and competition, it may not.

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