"The question is, how much more is that package going to cost consumers?"

The luggage-making industry shows how much tariffs can cost consumers.

A tax that raised $20 billion in Federal revenues would cost consumers throughout the country about $60 billion.

But they typically cost consumers far more than formal remedies.

It is not known how much it might cost consumers in other areas.

The Government estimated that the appeals court ruling in the natural gas case had cost consumers about $300 million over the last three years.

An increase of $10, he said, would cost American consumers about $50 billion a year.

The Energy Department estimates that home heating will cost consumers about 30 percent more than last year, on average.

But shoes made in Taiwan may cost American consumers more because of higher labor costs, he said.

Estimates of what the states' changes in the gasoline rules would cost consumers range from 3 to 25 cents a gallon.