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We will see if SCOTUS majority decides tariffs are a tax or not and push the absurdity of their position even farther.

I fear that they already decided that issue when they chose not to intervene and now have the excuse of "lol well can't undo it now" ready to go.

Edit: It appears Trump & Co intend to replace SCOTUS if they lose the tariffs ruling ... https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/us/politics/trump-tariffs...

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There does seem to be indications that the actual tariffs collected seems far lower than the actual tariffs promised, likely just half of what was promised:

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/business/economy/trump-ta...

parent duxup 9 months ago

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