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The Supreme Court declares Trump's import tariffs illegal, potentially sending $175 billion back to corporations. The supreme justices say he overstepped his authority using a 1977 law.
Accountants at the University of Pennsylvania, commissioned by Reuters calculated that the US may have to refund $175 billion in now deemed illegal tariffs.
19marcurious57
Being the Supreme Grifter-in-Chief, he's got plan B, already: "Apparently, this Supreme Court has a lot of losers, six of them, God knows how they got here, that's why I'm starting my own supreme court, a much better court, and more bigger."
"One that will make the best decisions. For me."
Shiggityshaybae
Meanwhile the consumers who have been paying the markup get nothing. Yay....
karashu2000
We get to keep the raised prices, since the company isn't going to lower them.
ScottPilgrimVSTheIndians
The court didn't say what should be done with the money already collected, so I'm sure they'll come up with some grift to keep it themselves.
mrthewhitee
The gov position through all of this has been they do not possess a mechanism to return the collected money.
ScottPilgrimVSTheIndians
So they'll end up using this to fund DHS or the ballroom, or any other myriad of BS that isn't actually gonna help people.
Exyr
The companies won't get it back
Valase
Even if they do, most (if not all) already billed it to their customers.
So in the end, the citizens paid for it and they will never get their money back anyway.
Exyr
Even if they did its only 475/person.