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seanmcdirmidyesterday at 9:19 PM2 repliesview on HN

He can’t actually do much with votes in Congress he doesn’t have. Take money from programs via executive order? Ok, I guess. Cut checks to voters with that money? Even the Supreme Court would blush at that.


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1over137today at 4:36 AM

>He can’t actually do much with votes in Congress he doesn’t have.

Can't he? He can't impose tariffs without congress, he can't declare war without congress. And yet...

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Yoricyesterday at 9:25 PM

He doesn't have to follow through. Announcing a stimulus check might be sufficient.

Do people still believe that the tariffs are somehow decreasing taxes?