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ColoringFool

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36. Well, That Tidy Little Sum Of $10 Billion For The "Board Of Peace".......

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 12:05 AM

Feb 23

Money controlled solely by Donald J. Trump in (his) perpetuity, has to come from somewhere.

But hey---far be it for me to suggest that Trump is a Grifter Extraordinaire.

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The Trump tariffs scam in a nutshell [View all] dalton99a Feb 22 OP

DURec leftstreet Feb 22 #1

Not a logical step Roy Rolling Feb 23 #37

let me make a small correction... Javaman Feb 23 #40

The companies will then be expected to donate some of their profits back to Trump. Irish_Dem Feb 22 #2

The state it was sold in made additional sales tax revenue due to the tariffs as well MichMan Feb 22 #3

Except sector tariffs like auto parts are not covered by the SCOTUS ruling Fiendish Thingy Feb 22 #4

No incentive to lower price Randomthought Feb 22 #5

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

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

And their competition raises prices as well Tasmanian Devil Feb 22 #33

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

That is not true. The tariffs went straight into the US Treasury. Wiz Imp Feb 22 #25

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

Wow. Wiz Imp Feb 22 #32

I don't think anybody questions that the tariff money goes to the Treasury. That's the wrong question. Bluetus Feb 22 #34

I agree with that. Wiz Imp Feb 22 #35

If the money deposited in the Treasury was, say, $225B, I wonder Bluetus Feb 23 #42

Well, That Tidy Little Sum Of $10 Billion For The "Board Of Peace"....... ColoringFool Feb 23 #36

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

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haha haha ha ha ha ha ha ha bsiebs Feb 22 #10

Lol gulliver Feb 22 #12

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

We had some online purchases that did have line item tariff charges added. Hope22 Feb 23 #39

Yes and no. Ms. Toad Feb 22 #11

Thanks. progressoid Feb 22 #21

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

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

All of the corporations popsdenver Feb 22 #22

Yep, purely profit-driven. dalton99a Feb 22 #29

There is a simple solution to most of our economic issues Bluetus Feb 22 #30

Exactly Blue popsdenver Feb 23 #43

Exactly. Everything has been shifted toward wealth accumulation Bluetus Feb 23 #44

AND, has been, esp since 1980 popsdenver Feb 23 #45

And that we have mostly been sleeping through this rise of fascism. Bluetus Feb 23 #46

I have been popsdenver Feb 23 #47

There it is. 2naSalit Feb 22 #14

Pretty much Demixs Feb 22 #15

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

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

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

THIS! Mr.Bee Feb 22 #23

They are robbing us blind in so many ways! debsy Feb 22 #24

By the time he gets bout of here the debt will be beyond astronomical! Hope22 Feb 23 #41

It's been a total crap shoot MadScout Feb 22 #26

We will never see a dime. I doubt companies, who technically paid the tariff will either. themaguffin Feb 22 #27

Greedy grifters.......ALL of them vapor2 Feb 22 #28

Hell, that is the description of our entire society, not just those tariffs. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Feb 23 #38