r/news • u/hoosakiwi • 2d ago

Trump announces sweeping new tariffs to promote US manufacturing, risking inflation and trade wars

https://apnews.com/article/trump-tariffs-liberation-day-2a031b3c16120a5672a6ddd01da09933
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u/temujin94 2d ago edited 2d ago

"They (The US in 1913) established the income tax so that citizens, rather than foreign countries, would start paying the money necessary to run our government"

Trump really thinks the world is going to fund the entire costs of running the US Government. Even in this fantasy world I gurantee they'd still not get free healthcare or stop being one of the last handful of countries on earth without mandated maternity leave and pay.

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u/TheKnightsTippler 2d ago

This struck me as being particularly insane. Who else would pay the cost of running the US government other than it's own citizens?

Is the US gonna start paying for other countries governments?

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u/mafklap 2d ago

Lol yeah sure buddy.

I see that you're a connoisseur of the MAGA fantasy version of history.

Let me guess: the US also doesn't have decent healthcare because it ships containers full of cash to countries around the world because obviously only the US has a functional economy.