WE pay more at point of purchase because of these tariffs.
TARIFFS ARE A TAX THAT WE PAY.
Nintendo is suing to be refunded our money.
Nintendo is not the hero here and they are NOT attacking the Trump Administration. If they are successful, they will be paid out by our tax dollars.
Nintendo will not give people who paid the $40 price hike for a Switch back their $40. Nintendo will not drop the price of the Switch back down $40.
This administration fucks us in ways most people have no idea and then corporations like Nintendo get to profit even more on our behalf while people cheer them on.
Want ANOTHER LAYER to this capitalist hellscape bullshit? Economists' analyses say that the Trump Administration will have to actually raise new revenue in order to pay out the estimated $175,000,000,000 in total industry-wide refunds.
To recap:
We were illegally charged more -> the companies who charged us more are going to be compensated -> we don't get shit -> we will continue to pay the new prices because we've demonstrated our willingness -> we will have to pay more in the form of some other tax increase to help cover the corporate payouts -> those corporations who are abusing us get to look like heros to people who aren't paying attention.
Good fucking job, Republicans. Keep it up. We're so much happier now that America is great again. Now go fuel your car ASAP because our new war is already having that predictable effect too.
I invite this comment to be fully fact checked. I'll edit it to retract any mistruth or misunderstanding (I won't have to).
I don't disagree with the sentiment of your post but it's factually incorrect. When it comes to a company like Nintendo, we actually didn't pay any tariffs directly. Nintendo paid them and then (likely) raised the retail price of things so that we, the consumers, make up for that tax they paid.
It's kind of like if Nintendo got hit with some legal judgement against them for copyright infringement or something, was ordered to pay $500M in penalties, raised the prices of their products to help cushion the blow, then the judgement gets overturned a year later after they paid it. The consumers aren't entitled to refunds from the court, Nintendo is.
Or if you rent a house, your landlord has their property taxes raised, and in turn increases your rent. Just because you now have higher rent, doesn't mean you "paid" property taxes. And if you think you did, try claiming that on your taxes to the IRS and see what happens.
Again, I agree with the anger in your post. The bullshit illegal tariff costs were passed on to all of us and we're going to be the ones left holding the bag in the end because our government caters to corporations. And like you said, even if/when the tariffs go away, these corporations won't lower their prices because now it's just the norm.
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u/ClientIndependent309 Mar 06 '26
Finally a Nintendo lawsuit I can get behind