Trump Tariffs took $150 Billion from the American

[applegrove]

people.

— (@123simco.bsky.social) 2025-09-01T01:58:38.088Z

So raise taxes on the people, through tariffs, and dole out that revenue to Trump's right wing pet projects for the rich like tax cuts for the rich. Looks like a transfer of wealth from regular people to the rich.

[markie]

1. looks like?

it is

[Bengus81]

5. Yep..there is no "looks like" here it's a FACT. Save the looks like for looking at clouds wondering about rain

[markodochartaigh]

2. "Looks

like a transfer of wealth from regular people to the rich."

Very succinctly put. And a fact we aren't hearing at all in the media. If Democratic politicians can't pound this without losing their big-dollar donors then progressive pundits and the Democratic hoi-polloi need to keep pounding until it is hammered into the US zeitgeist.

[Walleye]

3. This way, he doesn't have to go through that pesky Congress to raise taxes on average people

And then his rich cronies get to keep it, and he gets to make ballrooms and rose gardens

[mwmisses4289]

10. destroy rose gardens.

He destroyed it, just like he destroys everything else to pretend he rebuilds something better.

[LilElf70]

12. Rose garden?

It's more like a Panera Bread restaurant patio. And ya gotta love the cheesy umbrellas that no one is using. I never see anyone in photos. I wonder whose job it is to put them up and down every day? Wait, wait. Who's job is it to take them down in the event of rain, or an upcoming storm? OMG. All this unnecessary complexity. I'm sure it will end up on someone's resume.

[Walleye]

16. I wonder if Maga thinks they are eventually gonna be invited to sit at those tables

[LilElf70]

18. Good point

[Snarkoleptic]

4. Extracting $150BN from consumers means there is less money/liquidity in the economy.

The illegal import tax is reducing the velocity of money, which slows the economy.

[Scrivener7]

6. Probably ignorant question, but where does that money go?

[markie]

7. no bad questions!

to the U.S. Department of Treasury and enters the general affairs budget.... and then it can be used (wasted?) on all those things we don't need ....National Guard picking up trash, new detention centers, etc. etc

[Scrivener7]

17. Thank you!

[LilElf70]

8. Looks like a transfer of wealth from regular people to the rich?

Nailed it. Gee, how much more destruction can he do in the next 3.5 years?

God help us all.

[Gimpyknee]

9. If Trump loses his appeal, much of that tariff money will have to be returned.

I have little confidence that the SC will make the right call.

[IbogaProject]

14. That comes to which side has more money to offer

It depends on if anyone in business beyond the administration likes the tariffs. The Subprime Court is up for sale, they will go with the money on tariffs.

[JustAnotherGen]

11. It's a US Manufacturing Sector Killer

We rely on parts and components not easily found in the USA.

Example - castings are a boutique enterprise in the USA. And their cost of materials have risen significantly. As a Trade Compliance Officer at a Manufacturer - this sonofabitch has me between the hammer and the anvil.

[twodogsbarking]

13. You can fool a lot of people all of the time.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. So far. It continues, even after the court win against him. . . . nt