[HN Gopher] Fresh Tariff Games Are Leaving Small Businesses Dazed
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       Fresh Tariff Games Are Leaving Small Businesses Dazed
        
       Author : petethomas
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2025-07-10 21:27 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | bradac56 wrote:
       | Well that's confusing, small businesses by there very nature are
       | local businesses and there supply chains has very little to
       | nothing to do with internationals tariffs.
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       | But Bloomberg has to fearmonger that's there way.
        
         | bithive123 wrote:
         | Not every small business is a lemonade stand. I bet plenty of
         | them resell or install equipment that is manufactured overseas.
         | For example, I recently got a quote for solar panels and
         | batteries and the price went up just in a few day period due to
         | tariffs. Even with everyone in the chain absorbing some of the
         | cost, there was $1,800 left over for me to eat. The vendor
         | seemed stressed about the situation. Were they fearmongering?
        
         | aredox wrote:
         | Maybe you should check your preconceptions when they don't
         | align with actual reality, instead of accusing journalists out
         | in the real world, collecting testimonies and observing the way
         | things are, of lying.
        
         | brookst wrote:
         | Can you explain more about how local businesses necessarily use
         | only locally-produced materials, all of which are sourced
         | entirely locally?
         | 
         | I have a friend whose has a small business refinishing old
         | furniture. He's had to increase prices because everything from
         | tools to chemicals have new taxes / tariffs.
        
         | paxys wrote:
         | That makes no sense. Small businesses can get their merchandise
         | and raw materials from anywhere in the world, just like large
         | businesses.
        
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