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rozap | 9 days ago

Yep, that's why you need to convince Congress of that fact, as has been done in the past. Tariffs absolutely make sense as a strategic tool. There is no strategy here.

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heresie-dabord|9 days ago

> There is no strategy here.

Unless the money is fully accounted and restituted, I believe we can assume what the strategy is.

cyanydeez|9 days ago

This ruling like most of the kleptocracy, will show the kleptocrats who is willing to lick boot and who will not. The goal, whether extrinsic or intrinsic, is to find the fascist threats and harm them.

This specifically will happen when businesses request the legal refund and the "deep state" gets to decide whether they deserve a refund.

warmwaffles|9 days ago

Ever try to get Congress to agree on something without packaging in another thing?

rocmcd|9 days ago

I agree with the sentiment, but that is completely unrelated to the topic at hand.

Just because Congress is stuck doesn't mean the Executive gets to do whatever they want.

skeletal88|9 days ago

It is because your congress and political system don't need coalition governments orvaby kind of agreements, winner takes it all. A true multy party system wpuld be mote flexible and less prone to catering to extremes on the left or right

Forgeties79|9 days ago

The problem is we've kicked this can down the road for decades. We can't just let the president perform Congress's job, no matter how "stuck" they are.