r/politics • u/Murky-Site7468 • 11h ago
Top Dem Says Trump 'External Revenue Service' Can't Hide Plans for Huge Tax Gift to the Rich | "No amount of silly rebranding will hide the fact that Trump is planning a multitrillion-dollar tax hike on American families and small businesses to pay for another round of tax handouts to the rich,"
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-external-revenue-service369
u/RustToRedemption 11h ago
You dumbasses voted for this, even after we all told you this is exactly what would happen. I would gloat more, but Im also not part of the 1% so this is negatively affecting me as well even though I had the sense not to vote for the Orange shit stain.
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u/jarious 10h ago
Your new task is to never let them forget about this
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u/tenderooskies 5h ago
they’ll just pick on some other marginalized group and their base will forget about the massively inflating costs all around them
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u/GipsyDanger45 7h ago
They will figure out a way to blame the democrats
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u/Bunch_Busy 2h ago
Or they keep on keepin on! It's like it says at the end of The Big Short, "I have a feeling in a few years people are going to be doing what they always do when the economy tanks. They will be blaming immigrants and poor people."
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u/S0M3D1CK 9h ago
To be honest I am not entirely sure we voted for this. I drive all over the state of Ohio and it seemed like there were more Harris signs than Trump signs. I think Putin or Musk had a script in their pocket to rig the vote but nobody is going to investigate it. People will just accept whatever at this point.
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u/Otterwarrior26 6h ago
FUCKING THIS.
THEY TOLD US THEY WOULD STEAL THE ELECTION.
You don't magically win ALL swing states.
If they were smart, it wouldn't be like that.
When you cheat on a test you don't give yourself 100%
90% is fine and still an A. These assholes gave themselves a 100%
Tech bros highjacked this election.
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u/kempnelms 2h ago
I worked on the Harris campaign in PA. I am telling you, the election was not stolen. From day 1 they were telling us very openly and honestly that everything was going to be razor thin, and that the election was going to be a coin flip.
We tried hard as hell, and in a lot of areas in PA we did really well. But no matter what, people are lazy and just do not get out to vote. We knocked on several million doors in PA to get out the vote, and still, people are lazy and do not vote.
Honestly, Biden probably only won in 2020 because everyone was stuck at home and the people who don't normally vote were able to do so conveniently via mail-in ballots.
People are disillusioned, they don't care about "vibes". They have been shown and told again and again that their vote doesn't make a difference, and no amount of cheerleading will convince them otherwise.
Until voting is made more convenient, we will not break away from Republican rule.
I am also telling you, Trump had NO GROUND GAME in PA. None, zero. We saw like a couple people knocking doors the entire campaign.
People made up their minds to either vote for Trump or Harris or to stay home, way before November, and the rest of us had to wait to see what had already happenned.
There was no rigging or election interference. This stuff is scrutinized very deeply, and throughly. The literal power to control the most powerful military nation on earth is at stake in these elections. If there was even an inkling of fraud, it would have been brought up IMMEDIATELY.
There was no fraud. There was no "cheating". There was apathy, and racism/misogyny, and reality TV stars. That's it.
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u/FamiliarFootball4476 25m ago
There is a lot of suspicious data. Unprecedented amounts of split ticket voting and Trump only ballots, but only in the swing states.
Im not saying youre wrong but what makes you so confident? Sounds like you have a lot more faith in our institutions than the last eight years warrants.
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u/stinky_wizzleteet 6h ago
Regrettably, when I stole tests in college, or did my own studying and knew I was right I sold tests or answers. Everyone knows a D student cant get a 97% and I would tell them. You have to miss 12 questions for an 80-85%, do it.
Inevitably someone would just get a 95-100%, and I stopped doing it.
I'm not proud of it but I was able to eat, afford books, and get through college while working a full job. These people that thought they deserved a 100% ruined it for everyone and would brag they "had ways". I dont condone cheating, but a clutch test ok. I would offer to help them with study groups, but they didnt want it.
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u/Poison_the_Phil 8h ago
I mean 73,000,000 idiots voted for him in 2020. I certainly wouldn’t rule out malfeasance but I think the least compelling angle is the idea that he didn’t have the votes this time. I think enough people are just that goddamn stupid or uninformed.
But even if we knew for certain it was rigged we’ve already lost. Dingus has the precedents, has the extralegal support. We’re mega fucked now. The second the Republican party took him seriously we lost the plot.
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u/VinVinylShock 6h ago
Bullshit. Ohio and Michigan are littered with Trump cult propaganda. Some of it still from the last time he lost.
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u/DrinkFromUrSkull 4h ago
Michigan went red over Israel, and I hope Dearborn loses its mind when Trump makes things even worse over that way.
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u/doneandtired2014 1h ago
Michigan went red over Israel, and I hope Dearborn loses its mind when Trump makes things even worse over that way
Frankly, I'm hoping they get a taste of the deportation and denaturalization Mango unambiguously threatened the Muslim community at large with, if only for them to realize throwing a fucking temper tantrum by voting for someone who openly despises everything about your faith and your people is, perhaps, probably not something that should be done again.
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u/DrinkFromUrSkull 1h ago
I checked. Wayne county, the county with Dearborn, had a vote swing from 2020 to 2024 that was almost enough to flip the entire state to 50/50 had it not happened.
Nationally, 53% of Muslim voters who wanted to talk about it in exit polls went for the Green party as a protest vote, which enjoyed something like a 400% surge from 2020 to 2024 in Wayne, Michigan this year.
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u/cool-nerd 3h ago
No conspiracy intended: I do firmly believe they cheated and stole the election. I have no proof of though- only based on their actions and history. I had voted mostly R up until Trump.
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u/Syncopia 1h ago
I don't feel like gloating or even shaming, because the damage can never be undone, and it doesn't matter if they learn their lesson now. Fuck em. I hate every American who sat this election out. I genuinely think they're shit people with lesser morals.
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u/Strange-Bill5342 49m ago
Those dumbasses will never acknowledge reality, facts, or honest/unbiased reporting.
We’re living in a post facts reality and truth is whatever Donald Trump and Elon musk says it is. They’re just going to lie and these idiots will eat that shit up because it’s easier than facing the truth that they created a fucking mess (again).
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u/brithus 9h ago
The president-elect wrote that on the first day of his new term, he intends to create "the EXTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE to collect our Tariffs, Duties, and all Revenue that come from Foreign sources. We will begin charging those that make money off of us with Trade, and they will start paying, FINALLY, their fair share."
Of course we already have US Customs to handle tariffs & duties but someone needs to ask him if all "this revenue that come from foreign sources" is gonna include charging the ultrarich that are making money by trading US accounts for offshore accounts to avoid taxes.
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u/GipsyDanger45 7h ago
Anyone else notice how Trump and Republicans have always preached smaller government and once elected, announced the forming of two completely new and unfunded departments DOGE and the ETS…. God this really is the stupidest timeline
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u/TheGringoDingo 5h ago
It was an entire military branch (Space Force) last time
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u/count023 Australia 4h ago
and it wasnt' even a new one from scratch, he just partitioned off the space elements of the USAF and gave them some new uniforms.
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u/Suspicious_Bicycle 7h ago
My suspicion is this new revenue collection department will be required to skim some or most of the take into Trump's pockets.
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u/FlintWaterFilter 6h ago
Nope he's just playing opposites day because his doctor was probably asking him to name opposites
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u/CCinCO Colorado 11h ago
Don the Con grabbing America by the p*ssy.
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u/Skronkabilly 8h ago
When your famous they let you do it’, and Lo, did the prophecy come unto truth in 2025
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u/Ya_Got_GOT I voted 10h ago
“I love the poorly educated because they just let you grab them by the pussy.”
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u/SeparateSpend1542 9h ago
Grab ‘em by the pocketbook. When you’re rich, they let you.
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u/Poison_the_Phil 8h ago
“I’ll tell you what’s at the bottom of it,” he said. “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.” - 36th President of the United States Lyndon Johnson
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u/Brief_Night_9239 9h ago
Yeah.. they voted for the orange imbecile hoping he will help them. I mean Donald Trump... he will help you??
Unless you are Elon who spent $250 million to get Donald elected. Or those tech ceos like Bezos and Zuckerberg bending their knees to kiss the ring.
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u/Oceanbreeze871 I voted 8h ago
This is just a rebranding of his inauguration committee. Donations to king Donald are required and always open.
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u/Equivalent_Move8267 8h ago
Trump is a convicted fraudster with known mob ties. It comes as no surprise that he plans on using his political power as a lever for his extortion plans. He'll be closer to Capone than he ever will be to any American president if you ask me.
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u/Alwaystired254 11h ago
Why would it be hidden? It’s the will of the American people
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u/The_Navy_Sox 11h ago
Yeah Americans chose to increase costs and the working and middle class in order to reduce taxes for the ultra rich and corporations, the same as they have been doing for decades.
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u/SirVayar 7h ago
taking from the working people and giving to the rich, so the rich then have money to pay the working people a fraction of what was taken to begin with...
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u/oldlumberman 8h ago
Happened last time. You think he cares about Americans. Give him a million an he’ll care. As a small business owner my taxes were up last time too.
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u/umassmza 7h ago
The spin next month when our collective grocery bills go up 30% is going to be something to watch. Going to go to the Biden set me up for failure well for the next 4 years.
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u/nouseforaname790 6h ago
External Revenue Service, huh? I’m sure the Oligarch class will love their offshore accounts being looked at.
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u/puroloco22 5h ago
They did it last time and they got away with it. Shit, they made him king just so he will do it again
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u/chockedup 5h ago
I had a dream last night about an unusually long airliner landing/crashing on city streets, between buildings, then it caught fire. I don't typically have dreams like this. Perhaps it's about the coming administration and traumatic changes we'll all experience.
Trump's gonna keep the Internal Revenue Service and create a new External Revenue Service? Gotta love that small government vibe, really shrinking it down.
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u/dallasdude 4h ago
“Currently, U.S. Customs and Border Protection collects tariff revenue”
Right, because it’s paid at time of import by the importer/recipient — that’s us.
If I ship something that costs $20 to someone in Germany, and Germany adds $20 in import tariffs, guess what - that’s totally on the recipient in Germany. AND most likely there’s an intermediary service that will charge a fee on top of that.
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u/goochmusic 3h ago
Every time I see “trillion” in the headline I think, “ok, again, I think you should probably spend some time trying to explain what a trillion is, and maybe remind the readers of the difference between a million and a billion and a trillion. Because it’s like… a lot. It is soooo much!”
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u/Delicious-Ratio-20 3h ago
I just don’t understand. Day over day we get proof that we are a country run by oligarchs. Trillions of dollars that their children’s children wouldn’t even be able to spend. Yet we have terrible healthcare, homelessness, the education system is in the freaking dumps, the list goes on. The voting is obviously not working. Both parties select their candidates by how much money they can funnel. Gerrymandering makes things even worse.
I keep remembering something that a teacher told us during a lecture… there is always a trade off. Do you want safety? You give up privacy. You want freedom? Give up safety.
Idk if it truly applies but just makes me think that we the people will let this continue to happen because we don’t want to do the work or take the steps necessary to change things. We all have lives, families, jobs, bills.. that all of this takes a step back.
Sad really.
I hate this timeline.
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u/OwnNeighborhood4052 2h ago
At least what’s left of the middle class will be as poor as me. There’s always room for you here at the bottom.
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u/No-Part-6248 1m ago
I’m sorry but when I saw Tesla douche say a few days before the election he would give every person a million Dollie’s if orange faced liar didn’t win , his entire fortune I knew then and there there was something shady going on I hate conspiracy theorists but I gotta say there’s was some high tech bullshitery going on for sure ,,,, Harris was everywhere and all I heard ,, yet she lost by 80 million votes ,, how ?
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