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[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 66 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

The de minimus exemption was never meant to be used as a loophole by any business, big or small. He's basically admitting tax fraud. "I bought lots of sub $800 orders to avoid paying taxes and it's the only thing that kept me profitable!"

[–] BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 28 points 22 hours ago

That's sounds roughly equivalent to "structuring" in the money laundering industry.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 16 points 20 hours ago

Look, he voted for Trump too. Clearly the guy doesn't think anything through or even have good ideas.

[–] Steve@startrek.website 11 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Thats not it at all. Theres a big difference between 15% import taxes and 200%

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 10 points 18 hours ago

that is what the de minimis loophole is though, and it is ideologically consistent with tariffs and trumps economic view so it is what he voted for