Tux@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoDear Americans, be prepare to get screwed!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square249fedilinkarrow-up1915arrow-down133
arrow-up1882arrow-down1imageDear Americans, be prepare to get screwed!lemmy.worldTux@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square249fedilink
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·6 days ago And a tariff on it will increase the price, because that is just how economics works. this is not very scientific.
minus-squareHappycamperNZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoNo, but its exactly correct in a short sentence. Science wishes it could be that exact. Please tell me any way a tax, an additional cost added on to something could lower the price.
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-25 days agoThe cost of getting the goods to consumers goes up. Does the consumer pay: A) More B) Less C) The same This election was decided by the majority of people in this country not being able to answer this very simple question Edit: oh shit I didn’t even notice it was you lmao I see you’re still roleplaying The Person With The Worst Takes
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agowhy did the cost go up? what other variables are at play?
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoGood guess, but that wasn’t one of the options. Does the consumer pay: A) More B) Less C) The same I promise you, if you think about it for even a moment, this has a very intuitive answer
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days ago❌ Sorry, the correct answer was A) More Explanation: when the cost of producing or acquiring a product increases, a business must earn more money to cover the additional expense
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agoSure thing If you make it cost more money for a company to provide their good or service, they must charge more for that good or service in order to break even
minus-squareHappycamperNZ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoYou’re arguing with a troll mate.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 days agothis isn’t proof. it’s story telling
this is not very scientific.
No, but its exactly correct in a short sentence. Science wishes it could be that exact.
Please tell me any way a tax, an additional cost added on to something could lower the price.
it’s not causal
The cost of getting the goods to consumers goes up. Does the consumer pay:
A) More
B) Less
C) The same
This election was decided by the majority of people in this country not being able to answer this very simple question
Edit: oh shit I didn’t even notice it was you lmao I see you’re still roleplaying The Person With The Worst Takes
why did the cost go up? what other variables are at play?
Good guess, but that wasn’t one of the options. Does the consumer pay:
A) More
B) Less
C) The same
I promise you, if you think about it for even a moment, this has a very intuitive answer
we can’t know
❌
Sorry, the correct answer was
A) More
Explanation: when the cost of producing or acquiring a product increases, a business must earn more money to cover the additional expense
prove it
Sure thing
If you make it cost more money for a company to provide their good or service, they must charge more for that good or service in order to break even
You’re arguing with a troll mate.
this isn’t proof. it’s story telling