Trump Wants New Agency To Collect Money From Americans Who Import Goods

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : " It is unclear why the country would need a new "External Revenue Service" when U.S. Customs and Border Protection already collects tariffs from importers at ports of entry, and has done so since the birth of the republic in 1789.
55% : " During his 2024 campaign, Trump promoted tariffs even more aggressively, frequently citing the 1890s as a golden age for the United States due to the period's high tariffs.
51% : On several occasions, he suggested that tariffs could replace the income tax as the main revenue source for the U.S. government. Were that to happen, it would dramatically shift the tax burden away from wealthier Americans and onto the middle class and the poor, who spend a much larger proportion of their income on imported goods and food.
47% : Trump does have much broader authority to impose tariffs, however.
47% : Trump used that authority to impose tariffs on foreign aluminum and steel in his first term.
43% : Trump has for many years falsely claimed that U.S. tariffs are paid by foreign nations, when in fact they are paid by American importers.
41% : It is time for that to change," Trump wrote in a social media post.

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