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NEW: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker sent Trump a letter and an invoice demanding the return of $8.6 billion taken from Illinois families after the Supreme Court ruled Trump’s tariffs are illegal.

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Each state should not remit federal taxes States should give the people the return of tariffs If anything is left then send it in for federal taxes or keep it for compensation because the states are doing the work of the federal government Thank you for your attention in this matter

I’d like to see the money help with affordable healthcare plans and tuition help for students…need to invest in Americans and in our country Spending by the republicans is out of control dtrumpf is using tens of billions of our tax dollars to buy warehouses for private prisons all over the country

Sorry to hear that My understanding came from when Newsome said California should hold back the federal taxes Which lead me to believe the state collected both state & federal taxes then submitted the federal portion to the federal government Maybe there could be a class action suit for the people?

Nope. There might be some minor edge cases, but Federal taxes are imposed on individuals and businesses. Employers hold back taxes from wages and then pay the $ directly to the Feds each month. Cali could withhold the taxes it collects from state employees, I suppose but that's not really much $.

Is there a way for me to figure how much this has cost me? To start a class action suit? Oh and I have a friend who owns a metal shop here in Ohio, the tariffs have cost him thousands of dollars since this all began is there a way for him to recover this money as well? (asking for a friend)

Only thing that would’ve improved this letter is if Gov Pritzker had mentioned that he’s sending this invoice despite the fact that Trump has an extensive, well-documented track record of not paying his bills.

Good move! When he doesn’t pay it, he should be the subject of a lawsuit. Make it civil and personal and argue that new case law should be established for new subhuman evil.

It’s my understanding CostCo has already requested their rebate? Cool. I’m sure they can track what products they passed on(raised)tariff costs on and can then cross chk. my purchases of those products and calculate my portion of any rebated costs they receive. Right?

This is what we need to see because I sure as hell don’t want to see the refunds given to the companies that charged them. That will just lead to them keeping prices high and pocketing the money.

With all due respect JB…I would prefer the moneys be paid directly to me. Not that I don’t trust the state of Illinois…but I’m struggling to trust any government these days!

Trump is putting the onus of exorbitantly higher prices of imported goods on the American consumer while the government collects tariffs for itself. Why would citizens pay federal taxes if the government is monetizing off taxpayers? The fed is squeezing Americans for its riches.

Now is a good time for people to very loudly explain this in simple language to the millions of people who likely do not fully understand it and how he was violating the law in doing this.

Renowned loser Donald Trump's tariffs? Surely not the bigly tariffs imposed by Historical Failure Donald Trump? Whoever could foresee that Serial Bankruptcy Claimant Donald Trump didn't understand what he's doing? The failson's father paid for a business school diploma from Wharton for gods sake!

The only weapon that gets Trump’s attention is a financial threat. All states should join Pritzker w/ similar demands. As should large corps and bus assns. Hit him w/ numerous huge valid claims as he does to others w/ bogus ones. I don’t t think even his MAGA Congress will bail him out of this one.

Now Democrats have another, far more accepted reason to turn back tax-breaks for billionaires: pay back the tariffs paid by average US consumers. If they're smart, higher taxes on the rich could also be more acceptable to the average voter.

This bullshit from JB just gets him some media attention and clicks but accomplishes nothing! If he really wanted to do something he should be pushing Republicans to get this moron out of office, and doing quietly and not in the public just for clicks. - one tired Democrat

Hmm.. I guess this is what this administration meant when they said it was going to give the people money from the tariffs 😂 You guys know this is what they are going to use as the reason for the refund and his supporters will buy it.. I'm sure many are still waiting for the dodge checks 😂

Any returns will go straight to the oligarchs who own the companies we paid the tariffs on. We won't see a dime and the oligarchs won't be lowering the prices. Net result: We got fucked and fucking won't stop until we the people stand up to these oligarchs with boycotts.

Himself? He’s in charge, you know. JK. You’re right of course but being foolish or unconstitutional never stops FOTUS from trying anything.