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pwb

(12,802 posts)
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 01:44 PM Sep 2025

The Republican Congress surrendered their tariff authority to Trump in hopes of finally taxing the poor.

The pukes know if they tariff the poor through legislation they will be voted out so they tried this go around.

It excites these puke freaks to harm the least among st us.

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The Republican Congress surrendered their tariff authority to Trump in hopes of finally taxing the poor. (Original Post) pwb Sep 2025 OP
It isn't being reported much, markodochartaigh Sep 2025 #1

markodochartaigh

(5,545 posts)
1. It isn't being reported much,
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 01:59 PM
Sep 2025

but it is very much like a tax, siphoning money from the 99% to give it in the form of tax breaks to the 1%. And the more that one spends of one's income on tariffed goods, the higher the tax rate. Of course the lower one's income the higher percentage they spend. The lowest quintile generally is unable to save or invest anything, spending everything that they bring in.

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