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Comment by saalweachter

8 months ago

The tricky part is the goal is another tax cut.

Right now, after all of the other tax cuts, our budget deficit is slightly larger than the US discretionary budget.

Which means that, even if DOGE cut everything, there's still no way to close the deficit without raising taxes.

Enter the tariffs.

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