The White House now decides revenue (tariffs) and how that money is spent. Two things that are specifically Congress’ job.
Also bypassing laws through executive order and ignoring court decisions.
Straight up dictatorship.
But to Americans, as long as they can afford a cheeseburger, they don’t care what’s going on with the guberment
Who the hell can afford a cheeseburger?
Not to be pedantic or anything, but it is important when ever possible to point out that what we pay in for taxes or tariffs does not sit in an account or accrue any interest. When the government collects taxes or tariffs that money ceases to exist and is taken out of the economy.
You’re absolutely correct though, that the Congress is abdicating their powers. They will absolutely approve whatever funding no matter how much it damages the dollar to make dear leader look good.
It’s participation in a fascist fantasy to pretend that tariffs or taxes produce revenue like some sort of business sheet to be balanced.Even just unwittingly repeating it only helps their position and hurts ours.
That seems - illegal!
It is. But laws without enforcement are meaningless, and nobody’s willing to enforce them. So they’ll do whatever the fuck they want until or unless someone makes them stop.
Trump and Republicans create problems so they can say only Republicans can fix it.
Nothing new.
The Trump administration is planning to deploy millions of dollars in tariff revenue to tide over a critical nutrition program for low-income moms and babies during the ongoing government shutdown.
Why would they want to fix it? They can write blank checks with our taxes now
This has nothing to do with poor mothers and everything to do with limits to executive power.
The executive branch SHOULD have no power over spending.
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millions of dollars in tariff revenue to tide over a critical nutrition program for low-income moms and babies
From the linked article
Taxation without representation is always well received by the populace.
These days yes.
Politics at work:
- if Dems do nothing, it’s de facto accepted that they can do this in the future and Dems cannot object
- if Dems fight back, they’re fighting against “nutrition programme for low income moms” imagine the optics.
The orange turd needs a new toilet for his shiny new plane. Brown people sat on the old one…
Congress and the courts have surrendered to the president. The courts could deputize any local officials to enforce their rulings and freeze assets to heads of departments until they comply. Congress corps freeze all money going to the white house and remove the president. Neither are using their full power to save America.
What an adorable way to destroy democracy.
Trump states he will direct money towards an important program (which anyone would have to be a monster to argue it isn’t deserving of funding), by subverting a core principle laid out in the constitution which ensures another check and balance on executive powers.
His MAGA snowflake army will cheer his amazing heart and empathy while he establishes a precedent for future appropriations of his own illegal slush fund.
Bro is just speed running his Emperor Palpatine quest…
How much “commision” does Donny 2 Inches keep?
Funny how revenue equals stupid price hikes paid by us…
Start by giving it to programs nobody in their right mind would oppose, like food and formula for mothers and babies.
It’s only later that you use this precedent to justify doing it again (and again and again) for other programs that just so happen to coincide nicely with what you want.
Jesus fuckin christ. Talk about leverage holy fuck.
Hate to break it to you, but the GOP has been openly voting against those very things for at least a decade.
The law exists and it’s old. The situation is not good but the article is rage bait.
Although the US Constitution grants Congress the sole authority to levy taxes, including tariffs, Congress has passed laws allowing the President to impose tariffs for national security reasons unilaterally.
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Trump directed the USTR to initiate similar investigations to impose tariffs under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_administration
I don’t understand how what you quoted is less concerning
That depends on your political affiliation. Democrats could have changed the law years ago but haven’t.
Overall it’s more concerning because it reveals that accumulation of power in the hands of the president has been happening for years with no opposition.
Exactly
The Dems could have also ended the tax rates Trump started. They could have expanded SCOTUS, removed the filibuster, or citizens united, and they chose not to try to push the needle back in any meaningful way.
Through their actions, Dems imply their longterm goals are alligned with Republicans.
Bullshit. We’ve gone through that months ago and your link states
Federal courts have ruled that the tariffs imposed under the IEEPA are illegal
And that has nothing to do with the President claiming he can allocate that money as he sees fit
claiming he can allocate that money as he sees fit
I was not able to find any document about it but I remember reading that that’s how it has been handled.
Here’s a place you could look
Or if you want something specific to that money, the search ai says
Tariff money collected in the U.S. goes to the U.S. Treasury’s general fund, where it can be used for various government programs, but it is not earmarked for specific purposes. Congress must authorize any spending from this fund, similar to how income tax dollars are handled.
Thanks. I must have remembered it wrongly.
“Allocate” …
But they are Trump’s Tariffs, so ofcourse it’s Trump’s money … right?
He already claims to have received $17 trillion but there is no trace of it, best to cover up all the amounts falling out of his mouth by allowing it all to fall into chaos.
If I was a Republican in Congress, I’d be PISSED that the president is illegally taking several of the most important aspects of my job away from me.
They should be up in arms that the president is acting like a dictator and telling them all what to do. But they all are in on the grifting, so none of them care.
