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Garrison Davis

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20839 total appearances

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Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

And if he was alive today, he would be crying again.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

Yeah.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

So, okay, we actually do have tariff news, which is the first tariff news in a while.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

But when we last spoke about the Supreme Court nullifying the Liberation Day tariffs and a significant chunk of the tariffs that Trump had been putting into effect, we said that there wasn't a plan really to get tariff refunds out and that it really hadn't been addressed other than by dissenting Supreme Court members.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

We are sort of starting to see what that looks like after a series of rulings from trade courts.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

Right now, it is a fiasco.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

So the government has set up a portal through which you can get relief.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

Now, after it was sort of forced to by the

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

Of course, the implementation of this has been delayed several times because the government didn't have time to actually get it out.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

A bunch of the portal is not built yet.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

The government is claiming that it is going to take more time to build a whole bunch of it.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

Yeah, I bet.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

Now, this is a catastrophe because they're dealing with a bit over $166 billion of tariff money that they have to pay back plus interest.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

Yeah, plus interest.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

This is the whole thing, right?

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

They have to do interest on all of this, which is a nightmare.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

It's the interest accruing while they bungle setting up their Squarespace site or whatever.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

Yep, it's still going.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

Every second, the interest thing is ticking on this.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 226

So I'm going to quote here from Bloomberg.