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Posted on 1/9/26 at 12:08 pm to
Posted by LegendInMyMind
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Posted on 1/9/26 at 12:08 pm to
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And eliminates income taxes, and provides rebate checks, and pays off the debt, and… and… and…

Exactly. They've spent that tariff money about fifteen different ways at this point.
Posted by Taxing Authority
Houston
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Posted on 1/9/26 at 12:17 pm to
And don’t forget the tariffs are going to eliminate imports, too.
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Posted by SNAP
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Posted on 1/9/26 at 12:23 pm to
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Tariffs will cover all expenses.


$2.5T / 10yr = +$250B/yr along with a -$500B increase to DoD spending, so it leaves $250B/yr unpaid. Plus there's the additional debt from the BBB, which is around -$2.5T over the next 10yrs.

Trump is adding about -$5T onto what debt projections looked like before he took office, over 10 yrs.
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
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Posted on 1/9/26 at 1:00 pm to
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$2.5T / 10yr = +$250B/yr along with a -$500B increase to DoD spending, so it leaves $250B/yr unpaid. Plus there's the additional debt from the BBB, which is around -$2.5T over the next 10yrs.

Trump is adding about -$5T onto what debt projections looked like before he took office, over 10 yrs.

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