Originally published at: Tariff Refunds Are Going Well. Trump’s DOJ Wants to Make Them Harder. - TPM – Talking Points Memo
President Donald Trump’s administration is trying to muck up its responsibility to refund businesses who paid the president’s illegal tariffs. By claiming U.S. Customs and Border Protection lacks the ability to claw back tariff funds after a certain number of days, the government lays the groundwork to argue it doesn’t have a practical mechanism to…
It’s almost like some of the assholes in the government had bought a ton of the rights to tariff refunds in advance of such a ruling and therefore had some incentive to make it easy to get the refunds (at least early on)
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That and a proof of concept on how quickly a slush fund could be set up and drained.
Understanding and anticipating this administration is pretty straightforward when you assume it is a criminal enterprise.
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That’s “funny” because the Corrupt Subprimes let the tarrifs stay in place on their initial ruling because the governments’ argument was that the refund process would be simple…
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By claiming U.S. Customs and Border Protection lacks the ability to claw back tariff funds after a certain number of days, the government lays the groundwork to argue it doesn’t have a practical mechanism to repay
Gee. Who in the government has a history of ripping off contractors…?
New Rule for Businesses
Thank you for applying for a tariff refund. If you do not hear from us in two months, your paperwork was likely transferred. Please resubmit at the correct office. Questions? Call the Department of Government Efficiency.
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One argument lawyers could make to push back on the government is that CBP has set up this entire system that actually is going really well and that’s unprecedented. So why now would the government want to halt that successful innovation?
Easy answer:
Because the GOPniks have established, as a matter of faith and doctrine, that government is inefficient. It is the problem, not the solution. (First Book of St. Ronald)
So any hint that a government agency may be quickly and effectively fulfilling its duties is, inherently, anathema. Bell, black candle, the works.
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“There is $166 billion involved.”
IOW chump Trump change.