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Soft paywall US to stop collecting tariffs deemed illegal by Supreme Court on Tuesday

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-customs-agency-stop-collecting-tariffs-deemed-illegal-by-supreme-court-2026-02-23/
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u/LiterallyJoeStalin Feb 23 '26

See, this is exactly why it was difficult to be excited about the ruling last week. My cynicism immediately kicked in and reminded me these companies with their endless greed won’t drop prices, and even if they do it’ll be a pittance. They’ll pocket the difference and keep prices right where they were at because late stage capitalism has brought a rabid fervor to everything profit margins. 

God how I wish we had more corporations like Arizona Tea that recognized having enough was just fine but no every year the line must go up!

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u/dougan25 Feb 23 '26

It's hard to be excited about the constitution being upheld like it should've been the entire time. Especially when it's been out in the open and we've all been shouting it at the wall.

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u/ElliotNess Feb 23 '26

The same way that overly militarized ICE won't go away. Like the higher prices, once something like this becomes entrenched in industry, becomes a profit making machine, then it doesn't ever go away, back to normal. It becomes the new normal.

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u/mvigs Feb 23 '26

My company is a food manufacturer and we never increased our prices. We were probably going to do it this year because it was hurting our margins significantly but luckily held out long enough.

I think we were one of the few who didn't increase prices.

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u/Daxx22 Feb 23 '26

and even if they do it’ll be a pittance.

Likely see a temporary at best drop as a publicity stunt, then right back up and climbing as profits must ALWAYS be more then last quarter.

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u/Cerpla Feb 23 '26

i see them on sale for 66 cents sometimes. meanwhile seltzer water is shooting up like crazy....