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WarGamer

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11. From an accounting angle it's nuts...

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #7)

Fri Feb 20, 2026, 06:27 PM

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Basically the Gov't would be paying twice, digging deeper into deficit.

Paying back the tariffs to enrich WalMart and Best Buy...

And then cutting checks for stimulus (damages)... that's putting more cash into the system then was there pre-tariffs

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