Trump trade official: Tariffs don't hurt the poor hardest b/c most US consumption is "done by the wealthiest people"

[highplainsdem]

Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on tariffs: "It's not regressive. Most consumption in America is done by the wealthiest people. So the idea it's somehow regressive is just wrong."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-02-17T19:02:07.034Z

[mwmisses4289]

1. 😲😵‍💫

[Permanut]

2. Jamieson Greer would have failed the Econ 101 class I took at Portland State University in 1963.

[Volaris]

3. Oh, ok good then we can TAX THEM. Thanks, Jamieson Greer!!

[Vinca]

4. What a total dope. Does he have any idea of the items we have to buy that come from someplace else?

Even electricity! Our bill was 25% higher last month (for same usage as a year ago) and my husband reminded me that our provider buys power from Canada. Ka-ching, ka-ching. Even us po' folk like having electricity.

[Dorothy V]

5. Greer and the rest of the idiots need to be put on SS incomes not exceeding $2,000.00/month and made to live in public

housing. No SNAP. No jobs. No vehicles of their own. No Anything but that little check and that little apartment. Let them try getting on Medicaid, otherwise they can rely on ERs for medical care. Make them see how the poor live, and see what the poor must spend every month just to survive.

[surrealAmerican]

6. Is he really that stupid ...

... or does he know that's a lie?

[haele]

7. He said that for his patrons.

Y'know, that's the same sort of statement an 1850's plantation owner would say after he stiffs a merchant or craftsman because his gambling debts came first...
It's also something an Oligarch would say.

[Johonny]

8. GOP voters are this stupid

And have proven it time and time again.

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Those Are Not Mutually Exclusive

He could know it's a lie and still be an idiot.
He might have believed it, but anybody who understands the economy would have explained it to him.
Stupid; corrected; lied anyway.

[Ping Tung]

9. Trump trade official. Spokesman for the Duh wing of the Repooplican party.

[durablend]

11. The rich clearly need another tax cut

According to him they're barely keeping their heads above water