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kentuck

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Wed Nov 12, 2025, 01:31 PM Wednesday

The Trump "tariffs" were created as a scam to do away with the IRS. [View all]

They talked about it. They called it the "External Revenue Service". All the billionaires could get huge taxcuts and the tariffs would put a tax on the American people on all imported products. "Trillions" of dollars would roll into the Treasury. At the expense of the American consumer.

So, it was a scam from the beginning. But now, the chickens are coming home to roost. People are paying higher prices for everything because of the tariffs. And the revenues are going into the Treasury and the billionaires are living in the "Golden Age". They all love it.

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