Even if he's personally so wealthy that he would buy the same number...

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Even if he's personally so wealthy that he would buy the same number of avocados at $99/avocado, almost one would else would do so. International avocado trade would drop to almost zero, and the tariff would raise almost no money. High tariffs == no trade == no tariff income == can't replace the income tax.