10% tariff for penguins

[Ni-Neith]

The Australian uninhabited islands of Heard and McDonald in the southern Indian Ocean are subject to the 10% base tariff. Officially, no one lives there, only penguins.

Poor poor penguins. How will they have to pay Trump?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3457319272

[Chronocide]

Originally posted by Ni-Neith:

The Australian uninhabited islands of Heard and McDonald in the southern Indian Ocean are subject to the 10% base tariff. Officially, no one lives there, only penguins.

Poor poor penguins. How will they have to pay Trump?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3457319272

The tariff is not something they'd pay directly. That's not how they work.

We'd pay the tariff if we import their goods.

Are those penguins exporting anything?

[Ni-Neith]

Originally posted by Chronocide:

Originally posted by Ni-Neith:

The Australian uninhabited islands of Heard and McDonald in the southern Indian Ocean are subject to the 10% base tariff. Officially, no one lives there, only penguins.

Poor poor penguins. How will they have to pay Trump?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3457319272

The tariff is not something they'd pay directly. That's not how they work.

We'd pay the tariff if we import their goods.

Are those penguins exporting anything?

So I wonder why Trump was going to tax these penguins if they have nothing?

[ガスト セフィロス]

><((0.0}> Fishies will not be paid!

[Chronocide]

Originally posted by Ni-Neith:

Originally posted by Chronocide:

The tariff is not something they'd pay directly. That's not how they work.

We'd pay the tariff if we import their goods.

Are those penguins exporting anything?

So I wonder why Trump was going to tax these penguins if they have nothing? :winter2019coolyul:

A tariff isn't a tax.

"Tariffs and taxes both generate government revenue but serve different purposes. Tariffs are fees on imported or exported goods, often used to influence trade by making foreign products less competitive. Taxes are financial charges on individuals or businesses to fund government activities"

Anyway, to answer your question, I'd assume it's about not excluding anyone. If we don't trade with them, it doesn't do anything, so there's no harm in including them.

[Søn of Jøn]

The penguins thought they could just escape all this after all these years of contributing nothing? And they thought nobody would notice? Well the omniscient gaze of Orange Jesus sees all, and finally the penguins will pay their fair share! And we're not going to accept fish as payment.

Eggs, maybe. We do have a shortage of eggs, because why not, eh? This being the Age of Surreal and all. But first we'll have to see if penguin eggs taste good and work on an Egg McMuffin.

Make Penguins Pay Again!

[salamander]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uS6xPYnVe8&ab_channel=CheckIt

the penguins will not be happy if futurama showed us anything!

[ガスト セフィロス]

Originally posted by salamander:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uS6xPYnVe8&ab_channel=CheckIt

the penguins will not be happy if futurama showed us anything!

PENGUIN UPRISING!!!!! To Arms!

[Santa Klaus]

These penguins bring fish, they bring ice, nests, they're carnivores!.. Some penguins, I assume, are good birds. ~ Trump.

[Chronocide]

Originally posted by salamander:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uS6xPYnVe8&ab_channel=CheckIt

the penguins will not be happy if futurama showed us anything!

I love futurama.

I think there was a simpsons...maybe, where the penguins had a naval fleet. ah:
https://youtu.be/9ZlOhSt_qW0

[Candyy]

Originally posted by Ni-Neith:

The Australian uninhabited islands of Heard and McDonald in the southern Indian Ocean are subject to the 10% base tariff. Officially, no one lives there, only penguins.

Poor poor penguins. How will they have to pay Trump?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3457319272

What AI you used for the picture?

[Ni-Neith]

Originally posted by Candyy:

Originally posted by Ni-Neith:

The Australian uninhabited islands of Heard and McDonald in the southern Indian Ocean are subject to the 10% base tariff. Officially, no one lives there, only penguins.

Poor poor penguins. How will they have to pay Trump?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3457319272

What AI you used for the picture?

Sorry if I misled you, but this is not my drawing. I borrowed it from somewhere on the Internet.

[minish]

Good. Penguins have had it easy for too long

[Pronnu]

Wow it's almost like when you tariff a country that includes all of it's territory. Don't worry. I'm sure America's swampland is being tariffed now, too.

[Out Of Bubblegum]

Originally posted by Chronocide:

Originally posted by Ni-Neith:

So I wonder why Trump was going to tax these penguins if they have nothing? :winter2019coolyul:

A tariff isn't a tax.

"Tariffs and taxes both generate government revenue but serve different purposes. Tariffs are fees on imported or exported goods, often used to influence trade by making foreign products less competitive. Taxes are financial charges on individuals or businesses to fund government activities"

A Tariff is absolutely a form of a tax. The company or person in the USA who is importing something will pay that fee directly to the government. Exactly the same as if it was called a sales tax.

Trump is planning on funding the government in the long term from this money that will be collected from the tariff (tax). The tariffs will never go away as long as Trump is in charge.

[Chronocide]

Originally posted by Out Of Bubblegum:

Originally posted by Chronocide:

A tariff isn't a tax.

"Tariffs and taxes both generate government revenue but serve different purposes. Tariffs are fees on imported or exported goods, often used to influence trade by making foreign products less competitive. Taxes are financial charges on individuals or businesses to fund government activities"

A Tariff is absolutely a form of a tax. The company or person in the USA who is importing something will pay that fee directly to the government. Exactly the same as if it was called a sales tax.

Trump is planning on funding the government in the long term from this money that will be collected from the tariff (tax). The tariffs will never go away as long as Trump is in charge.

Say what you want, my understanding is that they are not considered taxes, even if they are remarkably similar.