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applegrove

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Thu Oct 9, 2025, 10:24 PM Thursday

The tariffs supposedly gave the US Goverment trillions of dollars. So... [View all]

If we are taking in “trillion” of dollars in tariffs:

1. Why haven’t we paid down a cent of the debt?

2. Why can’t we afford to not fuck millions of people over with expiring insurance subsidies?

3. Why is none of it being used to help the abysmal job market?

Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) 2025-10-09T01:27:03.640Z
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