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The cost doesn’t increase to the foreign company. The cost increases to the importer here in the USA. The foreign companies don’t see that money (the IRS cannot audit China lol we have no jurisdiction over other sovereign nations), it’s paid by Americans TO America.
Also where the fuck is the tariff money going. Never a single mention of that.
Governments are slightly weird, financially. For most people and businesses, money is analogous to water. For governments, with a fiat currency, they create and destroy it.
Money is "created" when the government "spends". It then flows through the system. Eventually, it is "destroyed" when it is taxed. The goal isn't to keep the amount of currency the same, but to control the "pressure" in the system. Too much pressure (money) causes inflation. Too little causes financial issues.
So in short, tariffs either go to the government coffers, or get destroyed, depending on how you look at the system.
It's been 15 years and I'm still not sure if MMT is an accurate description of Economics, a persuasive analogy, or convincing bunkum.