Will Tariffs Affect Your Shopping Bills?

For Sure When You Shop Walmart,
 Harbor Freight...
     ...and many, MANY more retail stores.
             And stuff on AMAZON... Whoo Boy!



I'm the 80%-er.
Piker. I'm the 92%-er.




Approximately 80% of Walmart’s suppliers are still located in China, we’ll let the facts speak for themselves.



Approximately 92% of all products sold at Harbor Freight are made in China. *



China Makes 50% Of All Your Stuff: Popular Science


The price rises will sneak up on you. "Where is all our money going?" will be a frequently asked question among us of the non-rich tribe. (The Richie Rich Tribe won't notice.) The long term impact on the overall American economy is uncertain; certainly the "experts" are.

To quote President Trump: "We'll see. We'll see."

Speaking of politics, Politico has this:  

Trump’s trade wars start biting GOP ahead of midterms


Who knows? Not me, for sure.



*Estimate made after extensive Googling - and an hour in Harbor Freight - by Olde Scooter

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