Trump floats eliminating U.S. income tax and replacing it with tariffs on imports

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Trump floats eliminating U.S. income tax and replacing it with tariffs on imports
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Someone did the math and realized we would need a 130% tariff on all goods to replace current income tax revenue.

People’s number one concern is inflation. If that tariff is created we will see 100% inflation over night!

Someone did the math and realized we would need a 130% tariff on all goods to replace current income tax revenue.

And probably didn't take into account that actually the tariff would need to be even higher since imports would drop drastically from the current amount.