This morning NPR is lying about a new Trump Administration tax proposal on Mexican IMPORTS. NPR was caught saying Trump wanted a 20% increase on all Mexican EXPORTS. They claim this will only raise prices to American consumers. They see only the negatives and none of the positives of this proposal.
Factcheck: The proposal is a 20% tax increase on all imports from Mexico. Illegal immigration advocates claim this will only raise the costs to American consumers. This is true, but the point of this tax increase is to encourage buying American which will make doing business in the US with American made products more enticing and thus create jobs.
NPR is trying to be clever by using the term EXPORTS instead of IMPORTS intentionally to make it appear that Trump is trying to raise taxes on American businesses that sell overseas. In fact....the word IMPORTS was totally omitted from the story. It's an attempt to muddy the waters and confuse the listener. It's a little fib that can become a big lie. NPR itself wrote about this practice here. How Small Fibs Lead To Big Lies
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