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Make Stuff Cost Less

Danny Dorling · 27 Aug 2026

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  1. Our reading

    Trump's tariffs are in effect a huge consumer tax on US citizens.

    Their wordsThe tariffs that Trump has introduced are, in effect, a huge consumer tax on US citizens, making them pay far more for basic goods and some services than they used to.

  2. Our reading

    Without public intervention to make living costs fall, most people's only alternative is voting for billionaire-backed false promises.

    Their wordsIf we don’t use the public sector and public intervention to make them cost less, the only alternative on the table for most people is to vote for the false promises of those backed by billioniares, on the grounds that anything is better than this.

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