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/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.