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bucolic_frolic

(54,756 posts)

6. Tariffs and tax revenue only enable tax cuts for billionaires.

Reply to homegirl (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 02:40 PM

Monday

Trump has slashed government, declared and begun massive tariffs, kneecapped ACA and Medicaid and social programs, and still we are in the red about $175 billion a month - $2 trillion a year. Throwing money at it hasn't helped, nor will it.

No, your idea is not useful nor effective nor reasonable. It's an accommodation to feed greed.