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CaptainTruth

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17. I've always said tariffs tranfer money from consumers to the Treasury.

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 12:41 PM

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It's a shell game Republicans play, pretending to put money in your pocket with their left hand via tax cuts, while taking money out of your pocket with their right hand via tariffs, which go into the Treasury.

They give the biggest tax cuts to the wealthy donors who fund their political campaigns, tax cuts which are money out of the Treasury. So, in a round about way, we're all being forced to help fund Republican politicians' campaigns, against our will.

Follow the dollars & see where they ultimately up.

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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 15 hrs ago #37

let me make a small correction... Javaman 7 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 Yesterday #4

No incentive to lower price Randomthought Yesterday #5

+1. Corporations rarely lower prices once they have raised them. dalton99a Yesterday #8

That's the most important aspect of this. Probatim Yesterday #20

And their competition raises prices as well Tasmanian Devil 21 hrs ago #33

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

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

Is That Sarcastic Towards Me Or Trump? ColoringFool 22 hrs ago #31

Wow. Wiz Imp 22 hrs ago #32

I don't think anybody questions that the tariff money goes to the Treasury. That's the wrong question. Bluetus 18 hrs ago #34

I agree with that. Wiz Imp 17 hrs ago #35

If the money deposited in the Treasury was, say, $225B, I wonder Bluetus 4 hrs ago #42

Well, That Tidy Little Sum Of $10 Billion For The "Board Of Peace"....... ColoringFool 16 hrs ago #36

Agree, but it's missing one step gulliver Yesterday #7

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haha haha ha ha ha ha ha ha bsiebs Yesterday #10

Lol gulliver Yesterday #12

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

We had some online purchases that did have line item tariff charges added. Hope22 7 hrs ago #39

Yes and no. Ms. Toad Yesterday #11

Thanks. progressoid Yesterday #21

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

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

All of the corporations popsdenver Yesterday #22

Yep, purely profit-driven. dalton99a Yesterday #29

There is a simple solution to most of our economic issues Bluetus Yesterday #30

Exactly Blue popsdenver 1 hr ago #43

There it is. 2naSalit Yesterday #14

Pretty much Demixs Yesterday #15

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

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

Good luck ever seeing a penny of that refund. xuplate Yesterday #19

THIS! Mr.Bee Yesterday #23

They are robbing us blind in so many ways! debsy Yesterday #24

By the time he gets bout of here the debt will be beyond astronomical! Hope22 7 hrs ago #41

It's been a total crap shoot MadScout Yesterday #26

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

Greedy grifters.......ALL of them vapor2 Yesterday #28

Hell, that is the description of our entire society, not just those tariffs. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E 9 hrs ago #38