President-elect Donald Trump once again toyed with the idea on Tuesday of not just implementing large-scale tariffs on foreign imports, but using them to replace the income tax system outright."The Tariffs, and Tariffs alone, created this vast wealth for our Country," wrote Trump on his Truth Social...

President-elect Donald Trump once again toyed with the idea on Tuesday of not just implementing large-scale tariffs on foreign imports, but using them to replace the income tax system outright.

  • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34·
    6 days ago

    So you understand the plan perfectly. Government regulation isn’t a problem, if the government doesn’t exist.

    • P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      6·
      6 days ago

      Yep, this is just a Starve the Beast strategy.

      “I don’t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.” – Grover Norquist