Tax Bills must be initiated by the House, Right?

[John Farmer]

I thought all tax bills had to be initiated by the US House of Representatives.

Considering that a tariff is a tax, how can a president impose a tariff on day one?

Can he do that by himself?

[GreenWave]

1. Yes but dummies are in charge,

[Walleye]

2. It seems like the Republicans in Congress are only too happy to bend over and give up their authority

[Jersey Devil]

3. As I understand it, if tariffs affect national security the Pres can do it alone

which may explain why he mentioned doing it to stop fentanyl from entering the US in his tweet about tariffs a few days ago.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Exactly. He must "protect the borders."

[John Farmer]

6. At Biden's request,

China is already cracking down on the fentanyl industry.

[Irish_Dem]

5. DonJr and Musk just fax the bills over they want passed.

See how much government waste they can cut?
Just wipe out one whole branch of the gov't.