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Bluetus

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30. There is a simple solution to most of our economic issues

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 03:04 PM

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A top tax rate of 70-90%

That's where it was when we built the most successful middle class the world has ever seen, and the strongest economy with the greatest innovation.

We don't tax any profits that are put back into R&D, new factories, new processes, new machinery, or employee benefits such as improved wages, health care, and education reimbursement. With a top rate of, say, 80%, a highly successful company can pay very little tax, simply by investing in its business and its people.

Yes, that hurts the luxury yacht industry, but it benefits just about everybody else. And guess what? Executives still make enough money to have a really nice life with no financial cares in the world.

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The Trump tariffs scam in a nutshell [View all] dalton99a Sunday OP

DURec leftstreet Sunday #1

Not a logical step Roy Rolling Yesterday #37

let me make a small correction... Javaman 16 hrs ago #40

The companies will then be expected to donate some of their profits back to Trump. Irish_Dem Sunday #2

The state it was sold in made additional sales tax revenue due to the tariffs as well MichMan Sunday #3

Except sector tariffs like auto parts are not covered by the SCOTUS ruling Fiendish Thingy Sunday #4

No incentive to lower price Randomthought Sunday #5

+1. Corporations rarely lower prices once they have raised them. dalton99a Sunday #8

That's the most important aspect of this. Probatim Sunday #20

And their competition raises prices as well Tasmanian Devil Sunday #33

A Different Nutshell Heard From: The Tariff Monies Went Straight Into.... ColoringFool Sunday #6

That is not true. The tariffs went straight into the US Treasury. Wiz Imp Sunday #25

Is That Sarcastic Towards Me Or Trump? ColoringFool Sunday #31

Wow. Wiz Imp Sunday #32

I don't think anybody questions that the tariff money goes to the Treasury. That's the wrong question. Bluetus Sunday #34

I agree with that. Wiz Imp Sunday #35

If the money deposited in the Treasury was, say, $225B, I wonder Bluetus 13 hrs ago #42

Well, That Tidy Little Sum Of $10 Billion For The "Board Of Peace"....... ColoringFool Sunday #36

Agree, but it's missing one step gulliver Sunday #7

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha haha haha ha ha ha ha ha ha bsiebs Sunday #10

Lol gulliver Sunday #12

Tariffs are just baked into the price and aren't listed separately on invoices provided to customers. Shermann Sunday #9

We had some online purchases that did have line item tariff charges added. Hope22 16 hrs ago #39

Yes and no. Ms. Toad Sunday #11

Thanks. progressoid Sunday #21

This is a very real scenario. And nosice there was an extra $25 of price gouging in this example. Bluetus Sunday #13

+1. Companies have also been raising prices because of "oh, inflation" dalton99a Sunday #16

All of the corporations popsdenver Sunday #22

Yep, purely profit-driven. dalton99a Sunday #29

There is a simple solution to most of our economic issues Bluetus Sunday #30

Exactly Blue popsdenver 10 hrs ago #43

Exactly. Everything has been shifted toward wealth accumulation Bluetus 8 hrs ago #44

AND, has been, esp since 1980 popsdenver 8 hrs ago #45

And that we have mostly been sleeping through this rise of fascism. Bluetus 5 hrs ago #46

I have been popsdenver 5 hrs ago #47

There it is. 2naSalit Sunday #14

Pretty much Demixs Sunday #15

I've always said tariffs tranfer money from consumers to the Treasury. CaptainTruth Sunday #17

Exactly--it is a potential windfall for companies that passed the tariffs straight on the the consumers. Ol Janx Spirit Sunday #18

Good luck ever seeing a penny of that refund. xuplate Sunday #19

THIS! Mr.Bee Sunday #23

They are robbing us blind in so many ways! debsy Sunday #24

By the time he gets bout of here the debt will be beyond astronomical! Hope22 16 hrs ago #41

It's been a total crap shoot MadScout Sunday #26

We will never see a dime. I doubt companies, who technically paid the tariff will either. themaguffin Sunday #27

Greedy grifters.......ALL of them vapor2 Sunday #28

Hell, that is the description of our entire society, not just those tariffs. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E 18 hrs ago #38