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This was so obvious that anyone paying attention could see this coming a mile away. I'm probably the unpopular opinion, but I think the government should have just not issued any refunds. I would rather the government get funds to potentially use for social welfare than to give it back to businesses. The only problem is that would create an incentive for the government to try it again for another quick payday. Some mechanism would have to be put into place to stop this. Take away the power from the president to issue tarrifs on his own. Which we should probably do anyway.
Funded the war didn't they
But without the refunds, how would Cantor Fitzgerald (where Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's son is the chair) get their money from the rights to the tariff refunds they bought?
Nutlick needs to be the first into the woodchipper