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Eliot Rosewater

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8. But where is the money coming from, tariffs are paid by the foreign company

Reply to Bluetus (Reply #6)

Wed Apr 2, 2025, 10:02 PM

Apr 2025

To the importer in the United States that’s importing and then selling the product here, they are not paid to the government as a tax.

So where does this money come from that he’s going to steal, I have no doubt that it will happen I just don’t understand the mechanism and the path of the money.

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Didnt the piece of shit say the tariff monies would go into a special department only he has access to? [View all] Eliot Rosewater Apr 2025 OP

A slush fund Bluetus Apr 2025 #1

Thought so, and watch the GOP do absolutely nothing. Civil war is likely and probably necessary Eliot Rosewater Apr 2025 #2

He may have said it, but that's not how tariffs are paid. gab13by13 Apr 2025 #3

Right, so what is he referring to? someone is guiding him on this... Eliot Rosewater Apr 2025 #4

He is referring to a new "Sovereigh Wealth Fund" Bluetus Apr 2025 #6

But where is the money coming from, tariffs are paid by the foreign company Eliot Rosewater Apr 2025 #8

The importer is supposed to pay Customs and Border Protection Bluetus Apr 2025 #5

OK but does the importer already pay that without tariffs existing? Eliot Rosewater Apr 2025 #9

Not sure I understand Bluetus Apr 2025 #10

Won't he just take -- as a 'sales tax' -- from the increased cost of goods consumers pay? LaRaven Apr 2025 #7

I'm not sure who you mean by "he" Bluetus Apr 2025 #11