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BeneteauBum

(413 posts) Sat Feb 21, 2026, 12:35 PM Feb 21

So where is the +$175 billion generated from tariffs?

As I try to keep up with this, one thing i have missed is where did all this money go? Is any accounting the spending?

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So where is the +$175 billion generated from tariffs? (Original Post) BeneteauBum Feb 21 OP

It funded more tax cuts for corporations & billionaires. They aren't FoxNewsSucks Feb 21 #1

In -45's 2naSalit Feb 21 #2

Probably in the same bank in Qatar gab13by13 Feb 21 #3

It's supposed to be collected by Customs Igel Feb 21 #4

Trump believes that every dollar in the US treasury belongs to him. And he doesn't have to do anything he's told to do. Walleye Feb 21 #5

FoxNewsSucks

(11,656 posts)

1. It funded more tax cuts for corporations & billionaires. They aren't

Reply to BeneteauBum (Original post)

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 12:41 PM

Feb 21

doing well, and need our help. We should just give them anything we have left, and get it over with.

2naSalit

(102,097 posts)

2. In -45's

Reply to BeneteauBum (Original post)

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 01:10 PM

Feb 21

Bank accounts.

he honestly thinks all the money in the Treasury is his now.

gab13by13

(31,976 posts)

3. Probably in the same bank in Qatar

Reply to BeneteauBum (Original post)

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 01:17 PM

Feb 21

where he stole the Venezuelan oil money.

Igel

(37,493 posts)

4. It's supposed to be collected by Customs

Reply to BeneteauBum (Original post)

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 01:40 PM

Feb 21

and deposited into the General Fund of the US Treasury.

https://govfacts.org/money/broader-economy/trade-policy/so-where-does-tariff-money-go/

Presumably if anything different happened, one of the thousands of people privy to that information just might have said something.

Walleye

(44,542 posts)

5. Trump believes that every dollar in the US treasury belongs to him. And he doesn't have to do anything he's told to do.

Reply to BeneteauBum (Original post)

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 02:29 PM

Feb 21

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