You're not remotely important to your own government because you're not the one pulling the strings.
Target's profits just doubled, because the company got a massive $1 billion tariff refund.
Ordinary people have yet to see tariff refunds from the government or these corporations.
Capitalism is socialism for big business.
#Tariffs #Target #Capitalism
https://www.ft.com/content/c5551f25-74d5-441f-8eb0-ef7ef20c7ec4?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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