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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can appreciate the gesture of protesting but the problem is that the government doesn’t care in the slightest. The tariffs are overwhelming unpopular, even the people I know who voted for him are hesitant about it. The government doesn’t care! [/quote]

You make a good point, but there's at least [i]some [/i] congressional pushback:

[b]Rand Paul, former Trump foe turned ally, speaks out against tariffs[/b]

[i]"'Tariffs have... led to political decimation. When (President William) McKinley most famously put tariffs on in 1890, they lost 50% of their seats in the next election,' Paul told reporters a day after Trump's announcement, later adding "So they’re not only bad economically; they’re bad politically.'

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He has also teamed up with Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., in sponsoring a resolution to end the emergency declaration enabling Trump's tariffs against Canada.

'We should not live under emergency rule,' Paul said in an interview with Fox News reporter Bret Baier. 'The Constitution said taxes are raised by Congress. Most specifically, taxes originate in the House and come to the Senate, so I'm against emergency rule.'

Paul and Kaine's efforts were supported by three other Republicans: Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska."[/i]

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/04/05/rand-paul-trump-tariff-canada/82943622007/[/quote]

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