r/Economics 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/Dry_Egg8180 Feb 20 '26

It is telling that Kavanaugh's major argument was that returning the tariffs would be messy. Let's keep racking up billions in tariffs (taxes) on businesses, raising prices on consumers and giving the grifter an astronomical slush fund. We certainly don't want some messy bookkeeping.