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I love when Nintendo weighed in on this and their response was basically “no we’re not giving the customers their money back. Be glad we didn’t make it all even MORE expensive.” I feel they and other corporations view us like…

You are right. Canada so far has not responded to US tariff increases with tariffs of our own. So the rate of inflation has risen far more slowly here than in the US. And in June while the US lost 123,000 jobs, we gained 75,000 jobs. In US terms, that would be about 650,000 jobs gained.

Tariffs have never been refunded directly to consumers - they've always been given back to the entity that paid them to the US Treasury. It doesn't matter what party holds Congress. This is a stupid meme and people can't be bothered to get the facts. Stop regurgitating misinformation.

I had an amazing awakening of Trump supporters yesterday on X when posting articles about Trump leading Child Auctions. It was denial on steroids. I posted supporting articles in replies but non read any. They asked AI with no answers. AI owners and Epstein Files are related.Absolute denial.Amazing.

Corporate socialism at it's finest. Republicans are ok with that but not ok with Societal socialism in a democracy. Head shaking and utter disheartening, what on earth have you folk in the USA been taught. Seriously your education system is in real trouble.

no one realises the US govt is still holding onto billions as there is no remedy for tariffs paid for goods sent by post. Zonos is ‘trying’ to address this but likely nothing comes of it

One note is that many of the tariffs were passed on to consumers in higher prices and some were not. The question is whether companies will now lower prices after the refund and removal of some tariffs. Some will, some won’t. That’s why you don’t have a lunatic president causing this chaos

Did you pay the tariff? Did you write the check to the government? Companies include the costs of getting a good to market in the price: labor, parts, corporate income tax, tariffs, regulations, advertising, shipping, etc. You paid the tariff indirectly just like you paid the wages of workers

This is a true fact that doesn't get talked about enough. Importers had to pay the tariffs to get their goods through customs. (Not the exporting country!) Raised prices to consumers to cover the cost. Courts ruled tariffs illegal. Importers get refunds, consumers get no refunds.

The forking of the consumer will continue as when corps raised prices and blaming the tariffs, now that those tariffs have been refunded the prices will never go back to what they were previously. Corporations get the cake and eat it too and the people get the forking. 😡

They were reimbursed for the tariff extra charges that consumers paid. And yet the increase in prices to consumers ”due to tariffs” have not come down.

“Trump, you are the first president in American history to start and lose a war by yourself. You have made America more weak, more alone and less respected. #Congress NEEDS TO TAKE BACK THE STEERING WHEEL FROM THIS IMPAIRED DRIVER.” #DonaldTRUMP #Sociopath #TrumpIMPAIREDDriver x.com/JakeAuch/sta...

x.comJake Auchincloss (@JakeAuch) on XDonald Trump watches Fox, so I said it to him directly on Fox: you are the only president in U.S. history to start & lose a war by yourself.

Well, you get that when you elect a corrupt soab and you let him use executive orders to rule over you. I would say you need to revise your election system and the way you implement what you call democracy.

And a new constitution comprised of the principles and values held by every demographic of the people who will chose thereby to abide. No constitution without representation, ever again.

Could be, but Constitution and Democracy do not necesarily go hand in hand every time. But I believe you might be onto something.

No good re-posting that on here. Your dumb neighbours are not on here, America. You need to chat to them across the lawn or, over the fence. No need to be rude, just say what it says here in the post above.

Not only have millions paid the tariffs, but also the mob extortion-level credit card interest on the essential items because companies are getting richer while paying their employees less and charging more for health benefits that only cover a small percentage of the total cost.

So this was their plan all along? They knew they were going to have to refund the tariffs so the major corporations would each get a windfall? WTAF? As a society, we aren’t nearly mad enough. 🤬

Sen Rick Scott R-FL along w other Repub just stated Republ plan “to cut Soc Security & other programs you like & rely on”. No mention of removing the cap on income or reinstating a higher Fed tax rate on Corp. & millionaires back to 1980 levels. You make USA great by investing in workers

Here's one: Fight to have those corporations repay those refunds to EACH STATE where they were collected. Then, GIVE VOTERS A CHOICE (by referendum?) on how those monies should be spent for the BENEFIT of the people RESIDING IN THAT STATE. Reach out to Christopher Armitage for guidance. 🥊🧯🫡

Getting a public referendum on the ballot varies from easy to hard, depending on the state. Nebraska where I was born Alost too easy Virginia where I now live, very difficult. Wouldn't mind seeng an ammendemnt to the Virginia Constitution to make it easier

“Trump, you are the first president in American history to start and lose a war by yourself. You have made America more weak, more alone and less respected. #Congress NEEDS TO TAKE BACK THE STEERING WHEEL FROM THIS IMPAIRED DRIVER.” #DonaldTRUMP #Sociopath #TrumpIMPAIREDDriver x.com/JakeAuch/sta...

x.comJake Auchincloss (@JakeAuch) on XDonald Trump watches Fox, so I said it to him directly on Fox: you are the only president in U.S. history to start & lose a war by yourself.

Also remember it was Democrats that pushed for the tariffs to be overturned knowing it would go straight to corporations but not be distributed back to people. They used you as pawns to fuel the fight while investing in corporations to capitalize on the windfall when tariffs reversed.

Trump didn't make America great again he took it backwards. All the progress that Obama & Biden had made for all of us is being ripped apart. Everyday it gets harder to keep our heads above water!

500 billion of your hard earned cash taxed away from you then given from the government thats supposed to use said money to help you to your bosses. The President, the government, and the courts just stole thousands of dollars from 99% of Americans. But socialism bad...

What will it take for Americans to rise up, and say enough is enough. Forty odd years of trickle down economics has impoverished millions of Americans and has enriched greedy oligarchs. Maybe Americans can learn something from the Albanian people who have been out marching in the streets for weeks.

This was the plan all along. Just another way to put $$ in billionaire pockets. And do you think that when they get these refunds they will lower the price of goods? LOL. Yeah, right 🙄😡🙄

“Trump, you are the first president in American history to start and lose a war by yourself. You have made America more weak, more alone and less respected. #Congress NEEDS TO TAKE BACK THE STEERING WHEEL FROM THIS IMPAIRED DRIVER.” #DonaldTRUMP #Sociopath #TrumpIMPAIREDDriver x.com/JakeAuch/sta...

x.comJake Auchincloss (@JakeAuch) on XDonald Trump watches Fox, so I said it to him directly on Fox: you are the only president in U.S. history to start & lose a war by yourself.

And they will still say shit like "but boys playing girl's sports" blah, blah, blah, when we used to openly celebrate girls who played boy's sports. Tell me you remember all the commercials that celebrated that.

You're sure the reimbursement money went to corporations? Not with conditions attached to donate to GOP election campaigns? Actually, why make it so complicated... most of it went straight into slush funds and Trump's own accounts. Who's left to check the books?!

Interesting strategy Christopher. All the blatant government corruption sucks so instead of coming up with a way to unite hard working American VOTERS (All of whom regardless of party are also fucking sick of the corruption) let’s call half of them stupid and divide the voters…

giving the billionaires buying all the politicians and lie spewing media outlets EXACTLY what they want and ensuring the corruption continues. Fucking brilliant! Perhaps a better strategy would be to stop blaming voters (aka hard working Americans) and start blaming…

the billionaires who own the lie spewing media outlets and their paid for politicians who make election rigging AND corruption legal. Gerrymandering is legal election rigging, lying to voters with your media companies is legal election rigging, paying politicians (Citizens United)…

is legal corruption. So much LEGAL corruption and rigging is occurring that law doesn’t mean shit anymore and corruption thrives. It’s easy to blame red hat wearing Cletus and his red neck buddies for the mess we are in but he’s in the exact same fucking mess.

Rather live under slavery Than let slaves live free The former Dixiecrats are now the Dixiecans Same states, different party, same sh!t again The party of Lincoln, is now the party of Jefferson Davis The new GOP led Confederacy rises.

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“Trump, you are the first president in American history to start and lose a war by yourself. You have made America more weak, more alone and less respected. #Congress NEEDS TO TAKE BACK THE STEERING WHEEL FROM THIS IMPAIRED DRIVER.” #DonaldTRUMP #Sociopath #TrumpIMPAIREDDriver x.com/JakeAuch/sta...

x.comJake Auchincloss (@JakeAuch) on XDonald Trump watches Fox, so I said it to him directly on Fox: you are the only president in U.S. history to start & lose a war by yourself.

#30million8/30 Were you asking about when the next mass protest is? It is when we decide as a collective to make it happen. Leaders are for those that need to be lead. Democracy is fought for one person at a time joining an army of fellow patriotic thinkers. If we share a date they will come. 8/30?

Amazon made sure to wipe out my purchase history just in case I demanded refunds of the tariffs I paid. I have a history of all purchases on my credit card. Maybe not in detail, but enough to push the issue. But we will get nowhere. The tariffs went to make the rich richer.

Ponzi scheme. -Tarrifs implemented -Corporations charge consumer the markup to cover tarrifs -U.S. collects proceeds -Supreme Court says tarrifs illegal -White House pays corporations money they technically were never out because consumer covered them on front end Merry Xmas, AGAIN, corporations! 🤬

Howard Lutnik's kids - including the one he walked to school for the first and only time on 9/11 - got up to 70% of the refunds of the tariffs their dad illegally imposed. You're being enslaved by a truly demonic cabal.