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Klarkashton

(5,067 posts)
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 05:10 PM 13 hrs ago

How they would ever unwind the tariff refunds fairly is beyond

Comprehension.
The Tariffs were paid at the point of entry by importers and who knows who else, including anyone buying anything through the mail from another country.
The higher costs that we all paid were done organically via higher prices at the shop counter that were passed along thru the supply chain.
The thought that there was ever going to be refund was never planned or considered.
This was a reckless half assed crackpot scheme worthy of impeachment.

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How they would ever unwind the tariff refunds fairly is beyond (Original Post) Klarkashton 13 hrs ago OP
People wielding cudgels are rarely concerned about fairness. tanyev 13 hrs ago #1
Shippers and importers took advantage too bucolic_frolic 13 hrs ago #2
I will accept a lengthy prison term for the entire illegally taxing administration as payment. unblock 13 hrs ago #3
Easy. Allocate it entirely on helping the poor. Better Medicaid, ADC, any programs that help large Wonder Why 13 hrs ago #4
That is sarcasm I assume cause we know that won't happen. nt doc03 12 hrs ago #6
We all can fantasize at sometime in our lives. Wonder Why 12 hrs ago #7
We're never going to get refunds Arazi 13 hrs ago #5
Tariff refunds would be extremely hard to do jmowreader 12 hrs ago #8
That's just too bad for the corrupt government Mysterian 12 hrs ago #9
It Actually Works Out To... ProfessorGAC 12 hrs ago #10
That's possible MichMan 12 hrs ago #11

bucolic_frolic

(54,721 posts)
2. Shippers and importers took advantage too
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 05:19 PM
13 hrs ago

Assigning overhead fees for processing, storage, collection. There were reports of people paying more than $125 fees on a $30 item.

If he has requested increasing existing tariffs by 10% it would have passed Congress. Instead ...

unblock

(56,117 posts)
3. I will accept a lengthy prison term for the entire illegally taxing administration as payment.
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 05:23 PM
13 hrs ago

Wonder Why

(6,727 posts)
4. Easy. Allocate it entirely on helping the poor. Better Medicaid, ADC, any programs that help large
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 05:25 PM
13 hrs ago

numbers of disadvantaged and minorities.

Helping them helps us all.

Arazi

(8,801 posts)
5. We're never going to get refunds
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 05:27 PM
13 hrs ago

But I’ll take an embarrassing multi-years long attempt to get that, playing out in the media as the closest compensation possible 😈

jmowreader

(53,038 posts)
8. Tariff refunds would be extremely hard to do
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 05:51 PM
12 hrs ago

Taking every nickel those tariffs brought in and dividing the pile three ways - one-third to infrastructure, one-third to social services and one-third to exiling the entire Trump administration to North Sentinel Island - would be pretty simple.

Mysterian

(6,289 posts)
9. That's just too bad for the corrupt government
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 06:00 PM
12 hrs ago

$2,000 refunds to every family.

Take those several billions back from ICE to help pay it off.

ProfessorGAC

(76,348 posts)
10. It Actually Works Out To...
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 06:13 PM
12 hrs ago

...$1,389 per household.
But, that's the total collected.
Problem is, pass through collections ranged from 70 to 94% depending upon market sector.
I haven't found the data to get a true overall average pass-through, but let's assume 85%
Now, wholesalers & retailers ate the other 15%.
That complicates who gets what.
I like the ideas above suggesting we apply the money to infrastructure (jobs) & SNAP/Medicaid (low income folks).

MichMan

(16,972 posts)
11. That's possible
Mon Feb 23, 2026, 06:24 PM
12 hrs ago

They will be sent out right before the midterms with Trump's name all over them.

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