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JDC

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4. This just became a consumer tax

Reply to Douglas Kawasaki (Original post)

Sat Dec 24, 2016, 08:31 AM

Dec 2016

It will have no impact on biz. They won't be taking it out of their margin and they certainly aren't going to bring back manufacturing to this country as a result. 5% that will be passed directly to the consumer.

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