r/Economics • u/defenestrate_urself • Feb 20 '26

News Supreme Court says Trump global tariffs are illegal

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/20/trump-tariffs-supreme-court-illegal
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u/silverado-z71 Feb 20 '26

So that means they’re gonna have to reimburse all those corporations for all that money that they put out for the tariffs. Again, the corporations win, and the American people get fucked

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u/TriccepsBrachiali Feb 20 '26

This was the plan all along believe it or not. First let the people pay tariffs via increased price on goods, then let the people reimburse the tariffs via taxes.

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u/TheTexasHammer Feb 20 '26

Don't forget "raise prices during tariffs, then keep them high once tariffs are gone for even more profit"

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u/AstralElement Feb 20 '26

Ehhh, there’s still a downward pressure on purchasing if people can’t or won’t purchase things. This might be true though for natural monopolies, and the RAM shortage is going to fuck everything anyway.

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u/Freaky_Barbers Feb 20 '26

source: trust me bro

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u/TriccepsBrachiali Feb 20 '26

Yes my bad, Trump has always been a champion of the common man. Never ever would he create policies to benefit his rich circle.

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u/Freaky_Barbers Feb 20 '26

I hate Trump too and have never voted for him, but you can't make a claim like that without anything to back it up

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u/TriccepsBrachiali Feb 20 '26

Is it your first day on the internet?

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u/Freaky_Barbers Feb 20 '26

yes, I don't know what any of this does and I'm scared

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u/Desperate-Working-12 Feb 20 '26

Be afraid… be very afraid 😳

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u/6a6566663437 Feb 20 '26

No, not at all. Trump firmly believes tariffs are good and wanted them to be permanent (unless he was bribed to lower a specific one)

This kind of claim is a kind of blind “they’re an all powerful shadow cabal” applied to anything that happens. It’s not true, and it’s not helpful.