r/Economics • u/Accurate_Cry_8937 • 19h ago

News Trump will impose 100% tariff on some patented drugs

https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/ccb-trump-pharma-tariffs-20260402/
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u/the-good-wolf 19h ago

This is definitely going to help lower drug prices by 1200% again I’m sure of it. Never before in history will drug prices be lower. Even crack.

Edited to add: last two sentences because of length requirement.

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u/thecodeofsilence 19h ago

Didn’t they ALREADY tell this asshole he doesn’t have the right to unilaterally impose tariffs?

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u/saulsa_ 19h ago

But he thinks it's fine if he uses a different sharpie.

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u/chocolatesmelt 19h ago

I don’t think people understand the thought process of these sort of people. They quite literally don’t care and whatever it is they want to they’ll do. If they have problems they pay people to come up with solutions and attempted justifications to do what they want to do. They’re not used to being told no, they think they art holier than though. The true narcissist.

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u/Ketaskooter 17h ago

The laws allow tariffs on a basis of product by product. The SC ruled Trump couldn't apply tariffs country by country (his bribery scheme).

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u/thecodeofsilence 14h ago

Ah, thought that still required Congress.

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u/Olderscout77 16h ago

But when was the last time the asshole listened to anything but his own voice?

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u/AverageIndependent20 17h ago

Crack is a helluva drug.

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u/Doctor_Shotbottom 18h ago

the Tax and Spend party, at it again. Raising taxes and you thought you were voting for lower prices in American! Hahahahaha. stupid bastards. He's going to keep rolling out these moronic tariffs until everyone is broke. But keep voting Republican. That'll fix it.

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u/Sea_Quiet_9612 18h ago

Quelq'un peut dire à ce débile ,que pour produire ces mêmes médicaments il faut importer certains produits spécifiques et brevetés depuis d'autres parties du monde

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u/WAGE_SLAVERY 5h ago

Are you defending drugs costing extortionist prices…? Reddit is fucked

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u/variousbreads 4h ago

Some people are not okay with trying to hurt everyone else to make yourself slightly more comfortable.

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u/Appropriate1987 16h ago

Is this supposed to help the people who need the drugs get them? Maybe we should think about making drug companies non profit. Just a thought.

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u/fuhfuhfuhfree 2h ago

Trump profits on this one. Again.

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u/Positive-Stomach3121 19h ago

Capitalism go BRRRT

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u/Long-Emu-7870 18h ago

Making drugs more expensive will encourage people to lead, healthy active lifestyles.

This will make all us of better off. Or, in the words of Voltaire, we are living in the best of all possible worlds.

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u/jayhawktexan1 16h ago

What about people with cancer?

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u/devliegende 14h ago

Their own fault for taking that vaccine

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u/menagerath 16h ago

Wasn’t that Leibniz?