Monday, July 28, 2025

and, is there much to criticize about the premise?

hey, you want to import that bottle of wine from italy instead of getting something from new jersey, maybe you ought to pay a luxury tax for it. that's not such a bad thing.

a big part of what gets sent to the us from the eu is medical equipment and drugs, which gets paid for by insurance, whatever it costs. maybe your premiums go up, if you still have insurance.

almost everything else being sent to the us is a luxury item, and it now has a 15% luxury tax, and maybe it should.