If Donald Trump loses his Supreme Court fight over tariffs, the US may be forced to return “tens of billions of dollars to companies that have paid import fees this year, plus interest,” The Atlantic reported. And the longer the verdict is delayed, the higher the refunds could go, possibly even hitting $1 trillion.

  • gilindoeslemmy@lemmy.world
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    What percentage of that money refunded to companies will be given back to the consumers that they passed the costs onto? Hmmmmmmmmm

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            You mean to tell me that companies would take advantage of a temporary disruption in the markets to justify a permanent price increase? That the rules of our economic model even forbid the lowering of costs? Surely you’ve been mistaken

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          Unfortunately…

          They would be “derelict in their fiduciary responsibility to their shareholders” to charge less than we will pay, and what we will pay changed.

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            And I’m supposed to believe that “I give you fish because you’re hungry and you give me a jacket because I’m cold” is a less-advanced, more primitive model than this?

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        You guys haven’t been stealing at self checkout for years already? God damn. Do your class duty!

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      Why do you think Republicans want people talking about dividend checks?

      What percentage of that tariff tax hasn’t already been spent on bunkers and ballrooms?