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applegrove

(128,712 posts)
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 10:24 PM Thursday

The tariffs supposedly gave the US Goverment trillions of dollars. So...

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) 2025-10-09T01:27:03.640Z
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The tariffs supposedly gave the US Goverment trillions of dollars. So... (Original Post) applegrove Thursday OP
Show me the money! Bmoboy Thursday #1
Because it is a obvious lie - anything Trump says is a lie to some degree or another. walkingman Thursday #2
All good questions. yellow dahlia Thursday #3
We will never know how much money we are actually taking in nor will we ever know where that Marie Marie Thursday #4
Total imports in 2024 were 4+ Trillion - it's only Oct, do the math. NoMoreRepugs Thursday #5
SCOTUS doesn't even hear the tariffs authority case Frasier Balzov Thursday #6
Amen... BajaDoll Thursday #7

Marie Marie

(10,619 posts)
4. We will never know how much money we are actually taking in nor will we ever know where that
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 11:21 PM
Thursday

money is going. Now I'm not usually a betting gal but odds are that somehow, magically some of that ends up in bank account or vault of one Donald J Trump.JMHO

Frasier Balzov

(4,612 posts)
6. SCOTUS doesn't even hear the tariffs authority case
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 11:31 PM
Thursday

until November.

Who knows when a decision might finally come down?

They are obviously slow rolling it so all the thievery cannot be undone.

BajaDoll

(17 posts)
7. Amen...
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 11:34 PM
Thursday

This is the most serious under reported thing going on right now totally under the radar of the American people. Billions of dollars are vanishing with no oversight. There was some talk about a "Sovereign Wealth Fund" but that was all smoke. I very seldom feel like I have anything to post but this right here makes me livid. I am paying $15+ for a jar of Folgers that cost $11 a few months ago and I could go on and on and on...the debt hasn't been reduced one dime in fact they will raise it!

Where is all this "Tariff" money going if not into the treasury for the American people's benefit ? Somebody knows and they ain't talking.

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