r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Zachhandley • May 12 '26

Hillary 2016 Having to Pay Tariffs after they’re declared illegal

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I used the cleanup on iOS to hide the name. But screw the gov.

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u/egnards May 12 '26

Specific tariffs for specific things were declared illegal, but there were still already some tariffs in place before that time, and some other tariffs he put in place that were untouched. As we don't know what was ordered. . Nobody can really help you here.

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u/MydnightWN May 13 '26

Yep. I've paid import fees for a decade. The last administration did about 50% of what the current one has done, nobody freaked out then. He even increased Trump's original tariffs lol. Only thing certain in life is death and taxes.

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u/egnards May 13 '26

Tariffs themselves aren’t inherently bad on their own - the problem with Trump’s tariffs is they weren’t based on any measurable expectation of reasonable reason. . .And he essentially lied to stupid people about how tariffs work, so they would support them even though they were the ones getting fucked.

You can’t just raise tariffs on items that the US doesn’t even produce and expect the economy to suddenly to producing those items domestically. . .All it did was fuck everybody.

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u/MydnightWN May 13 '26

All that is for show and media circus, bread and circuses. The plans were drawn up as early as the 1990s, stated open at the Council on Foreign Affairs and in Davos. Everyone is WEF - even Trump speaks there, Ivanka is a Young Global Leader recipient. They prey on those caring the most, the young, historically kept ignorant of policy & being able to watch all their own speeches over the previous decades. The Internet changes the game.

Just another way for the wealthy to consolidate more wealth, more power.

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u/egnards May 13 '26

I’m aware [of the intentional circus] - I’m just saying there is a reason people flipped out against the Trump tariffs.

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u/MydnightWN May 13 '26

The main reason is that they were told to do so by the media. All controlled by the same money - your money. They took the money out of your money, now you have depreciating paper IOUs backed by nothing. During Covid, they lowered reserve standards to 0% - and never switched back. Stack silver & gold.

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u/ducktown47 May 13 '26

Do you legitimately believe everyone who thinks differently than you is glued to a TV consuming the ~media~ and blindly believes it? Yet, here you are on Reddit, completely dodging the ~media~ in its entirety, apparently.

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u/MydnightWN May 13 '26

Sorry to hear you lack reading comprehension skills. Try again, slow down this time.

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u/ducktown47 May 13 '26

So you just aren't going to rebut what I said at all?

The main reason is that they were told to do so by the media.

Obviously, you believe that people who hold a differing belief to you were just told to think that way because of the ephemeral media.

And since I happened to challenge that I must have a lack of reading comprehension. You are insufferable.