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themaguffin

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27. We will never see a dime. I doubt companies, who technically paid the tariff will either.

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Sun Feb 22, 2026, 01:46 PM

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The Trump tariffs scam in a nutshell [View all] dalton99a Yesterday OP

DURec leftstreet Yesterday #1

Not a logical step Roy Rolling 10 hrs ago #37

let me make a small correction... Javaman 3 hrs ago #40

The companies will then be expected to donate some of their profits back to Trump. Irish_Dem Yesterday #2

The state it was sold in made additional sales tax revenue due to the tariffs as well MichMan Yesterday #3

Except sector tariffs like auto parts are not covered by the SCOTUS ruling Fiendish Thingy 23 hrs ago #4

No incentive to lower price Randomthought 23 hrs ago #5

+1. Corporations rarely lower prices once they have raised them. dalton99a 22 hrs ago #8

That's the most important aspect of this. Probatim 22 hrs ago #20

And their competition raises prices as well Tasmanian Devil 16 hrs ago #33

A Different Nutshell Heard From: The Tariff Monies Went Straight Into.... ColoringFool 22 hrs ago #6

That is not true. The tariffs went straight into the US Treasury. Wiz Imp 21 hrs ago #25

Is That Sarcastic Towards Me Or Trump? ColoringFool 18 hrs ago #31

Wow. Wiz Imp 17 hrs ago #32

I don't think anybody questions that the tariff money goes to the Treasury. That's the wrong question. Bluetus 13 hrs ago #34

I agree with that. Wiz Imp 13 hrs ago #35

If the money deposited in the Treasury was, say, $225B, I wonder Bluetus 13 min ago #42

Well, That Tidy Little Sum Of $10 Billion For The "Board Of Peace"....... ColoringFool 11 hrs ago #36

Agree, but it's missing one step gulliver 22 hrs ago #7

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haha haha ha ha ha ha ha ha bsiebs 22 hrs ago #10

Lol gulliver 22 hrs ago #12

Tariffs are just baked into the price and aren't listed separately on invoices provided to customers. Shermann 22 hrs ago #9

We had some online purchases that did have line item tariff charges added. Hope22 3 hrs ago #39

Yes and no. Ms. Toad 22 hrs ago #11

Thanks. progressoid 22 hrs ago #21

This is a very real scenario. And nosice there was an extra $25 of price gouging in this example. Bluetus 22 hrs ago #13

+1. Companies have also been raising prices because of "oh, inflation" dalton99a 22 hrs ago #16

All of the corporations popsdenver 21 hrs ago #22

Yep, purely profit-driven. dalton99a 20 hrs ago #29

There is a simple solution to most of our economic issues Bluetus 19 hrs ago #30

There it is. 2naSalit 22 hrs ago #14

Pretty much Demixs 22 hrs ago #15

I've always said tariffs tranfer money from consumers to the Treasury. CaptainTruth 22 hrs ago #17

Exactly--it is a potential windfall for companies that passed the tariffs straight on the the consumers. Ol Janx Spirit 22 hrs ago #18

Good luck ever seeing a penny of that refund. xuplate 22 hrs ago #19

THIS! Mr.Bee 21 hrs ago #23

They are robbing us blind in so many ways! debsy 21 hrs ago #24

By the time he gets bout of here the debt will be beyond astronomical! Hope22 2 hrs ago #41

It's been a total crap shoot MadScout 21 hrs ago #26

We will never see a dime. I doubt companies, who technically paid the tariff will either. themaguffin 21 hrs ago #27

Greedy grifters.......ALL of them vapor2 20 hrs ago #28

Hell, that is the description of our entire society, not just those tariffs. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E 4 hrs ago #38