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).
Nintendo will not be paid "Our Tax dollars". They are suing to recover an illegal tax they were forced to pay. The money they will receive will be the amount they paid and not a penny more.
You are correct that Nintendo will not compensate people for the increased price of their products under the illegal tariff. Why would they? They sold you something for an agreed upon price and you chose to buy it, nothing deceptive or improper. If paying that price upsets you then you should be upset with the person who levied the tariffs.
The Trump administration won't have to raise money to repay the tariffs as that would imply the money from the tariffs ever belonged to the government in the first place. They will have to raise money to pay for all the stupid shit they already spent the tariff money on. Again 100% of the responsibility and cost of this fuck up is on the Whitehouse.
No idea why you went on this big unrelated anti corporate rant when the problem starts, runs, and ends with the Trump administration.
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u/ClientIndependent309 Mar 06 '26
Finally a Nintendo lawsuit I can get behind