The Deplorable Tariffs Are Paid for by Americans. Current administration admits it; data proves it

[coati]

Welp...yet again!

Deplorables are suckers.

U.S. consumers bearing more than half the cost of tariffs so far, Goldman Sachs says

The findings suggest U.S. consumers will continue to struggle with high prices — something Trump had promised to address in the run-up to his re-election.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/co...ost-tariffs-far-goldman-sachs-says-rcna237283

MAGAts tax the shit out of consumers with tariffs.

 

[RoryN]

MAGAts tax the shit out of consumers with tariffs.

They sure do.

 

[MajorRewrite]

Treasury Secretary Bessent is a dangerous lunatic. He openly admits he’s created “enemies lists” of people who criticize Trump, and he’s going to use the federal government to persecute the people on his list.

 

[heathrowinneo]

Treasury Secretary Bessent is a dangerous lunatic. He openly admits he’s created “enemies lists” of people who criticize Trump, and he’s going to use the federal government to persecute the people on his list.

Sounds like he is auditioning for another position in the administration and playing to trump and vought

 

[MajorRewrite]

Sounds like he is auditioning for another position in the administration and playing to trump and vought

Or he’s just a loon. My bet is he’s a loon.

 

[RoryN]

75% of Americans report soaring prices as Trump claims inflation ‘over’

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/16/inflation-economic-pessimism-poll

 

[MajorRewrite]

Crooked Donnie admits his TrumpTariffs raised grocery prices. It’s TACO time again!

Trump readies tariff cuts on beef, coffee, bananas to help slash US grocery bills

TACO TACO TACO

 

[Bray123]

What a hero! He's blaming other countries for his incompetence and taking the appropriate action.

He must think his supporters really are thick as shit. He's not wrong there.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presiden...ith-respect-to-certain-agricultural-products/

 

[heathrowinneo]

What a hero! He's blaming other countries for his incompetence and taking the appropriate action.

He must think his supporters really are thick as shit. He's not wrong there.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presiden...ith-respect-to-certain-agricultural-products/

Trump is the arsonist and fireman.

 

[stxjimmy]

75% of Americans report soaring prices as Trump claims inflation ‘over’

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/16/inflation-economic-pessimism-poll

Perhaps he meant it was over its target, or over 5/6 %. Perhaps he meant this economics lark is over his head. Or he’s in a post over his abilities.
Who knows wtf he means these days!

 

[coati]

Trump is the arsonist and fireman.

Yes, that's been his MO for his entire life-- create chaos and use it as cover for his personal enrichment.

 

[MajorRewrite]

Article about Trump’s bullshit idea to bribe voters with $2000 tariff checks.

Most Republicans are pretending there is a choice to be made between paying the checks or reducing the national debt. The truth is that neither is an option.

One Republican tells the truth:

Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), the vice chair of the Senate Republican Conference, said money coming in from tariffs needs to go toward slowing the growth of the debt.

“Any income that’s coming in from anywhere is reducing the deficit at this point,” he said, noting the national debt is now nearly $40 trillion. “Whatever dividend that would be paid … would still add to our debt.”

We are still running a huge deficit. The national debt cannot be reduced while continued deficits are adding to the debt, that’s not how math works. Tariff taxes collected from American consumers and businesses isn’t nearly enough to eliminate the deficit.

I expect Trump will bribe voters with checks even though it will add to the national debt.

 

[coati]

Tariffs are now the main tool used to transfer funds from the poor to the rich by the tax-and-steal Republicans.

 

[stxjimmy]

And even the Supreme Court now acknowledges that.

Which leaves only trump himself and reich guide as the sole remaining people still unable to acknowledge that fact.

 

[MajorRewrite]

A Republican senator states the obvious: sending tariff checks to everyone would increase the deficit.

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson (Wis.), a leading fiscal hawk in the Senate, says the country “can’t afford” President Trump’s proposal to send out $2,000 tariff “dividend” checks to working-class Americans to help them afford higher living expenses.

“Look, we can’t afford it. I wish we were in a position to return the American public their money, but we’re not,” Johnson told Fox Business’s Maria Bartiromo.

I think Trump will do it anyway because he wants to bribe voters before the midterms. And he’s never given a fuck about deficits.