Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker Sends Trump an Invoice for $8.6 Billion in Tariff Refunds

[riversedge]

Source: WSJ


1 hour ago

John McCormick

Democrats are praising the Supreme Court’s ruling against President Trump’s tariffs, and some are trying to cash in. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker sent a letter—and invoice—to the White House on Friday demanding $8.6 billion be refunded to his state’s 5.1 million households, roughly $1,700 each.

“Your tariff taxes wreaked havoc on farmers, enraged our allies, and sent grocery prices through the roof,” wrote Pritzker, a possible 2028 presidential candidate and frequent Trump critic. “This letter and the attached invoice stand as an official notice that compensation is owed to the people of Illinois, and if you do not comply we will pursue further action.”


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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker Sends Trump an Invoice for .6 Billion in Tariff Refunds

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[riversedge]

1. Here is the invoice..........

MeidasTouch
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NEW: Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker sent Trump a letter and an invoice demanding the return of $8.6 billion taken from Illinois families after the Supreme Court ruled Trump’s tariffs are illegal.

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[Alliepoo]

3. Good on Governor Pritzker!

Glad to see this. I like him and dare I say- I’d like to see him run for President. I think he would do a good job.

[MichMan]

2. States need to refund all the extra sales taxes they collected too

[wolfie001]

4. Pay up Diaper Don!

[OC375]

5. So, do we get our money back?

It's the electronic era. I'd bet I have records on about 99% of what I've spent since COVID.

Heck, between the archived logs of the e-commerce servers at Amazon, Costco, Walmart and Target, I'd bet they could probably refund half the money right on to the credit cards used to buy the stuff... if they really wanted to.

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. I love this guy!

[electric_blue68]

7. Welp, maybe we shouldn't have billionaires BUT at least we Have Some that Do Good!

[FakeNoose]

8. Screenshots - this is AWESOME!

"Past due - delinquent!"



Thank you Governor Pritzker!

[Bok_Tukalo]

9. That's stupid

The importer of record paid the tariffs. That is it. Full stop. They get the restitution. How they mitigated that cost through either increased prices, eat it, push back on vendors, rationalization of operating costs, what the **** ever. The importer of record paid the tariffs.

This bit of tomfoolery by the Governor of Illinois insults our intelligence as much as Trump saying foreign nations pay the tariffs.

Every one of these people are getting on my nerves with their performative horseshit.

[NoMoreRepugs]

13. There are differing opinions.

……” Research by Harvard University’s Gita Gopinath and University of Chicago Booth School of Business Prof. Brent Neiman offers an early empirical view on what tariffs are actually doing to the U.S. economy. They found that implemented rates have been lower than the announcements have suggested, but also that U.S. buyers—not foreign governments or offshore suppliers—are picking up nearly all the cost.”

[NH Ethylene]

14. The importers passed the costs along.

And the consumers paid them.

[paleotn]

18. Horse hockey....

We're I'm at, we pass tariffs down the line, and so do our customers. No way in hell we're eating that cost in this environment. And eventually, it's the end consumer who picks up the tab. Who actually paid the initial tariff duty is irrelevant. If we did simply count it as additional cost of sales and flushed it to our bottom line, well, there's goes some headcount we can't afford and capex we can't afford either. Do you think there's some economic impact from THAT?! Jebbers.

Speaking of getting on one's nerves.

[Bok_Tukalo]

19. I tried

You can’t beat willful stupidity.

[NickB79]

20. Trump's tariffs cost American households $1,000 last year: Research group

https://abcnews.com/Business/trumps-tariffs-cost-american-households-1000-year-research/story?id=130003484

President Donald Trump's tariffs cost the average American household $1,000 last year, according to new research from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation.

The cost is set to go even higher this year to $1,300 per household, assuming the existing tariffs stay in place, the research said.

The research called Trump's tariffs "the largest U.S. tax increase as a percent of GDP since 1993." It suggests the president's signature economic policy is exacerbating cost of living concerns at a time when many households are grappling with persistently high prices.

According to the research think tank Tax Foundation, the federal government collected $264 billion in total tariff revenues in 2025 -- far short of the trillions regularly touted by the White House. The research also finds the tariffs will offset most of the economic benefits of the new tax cuts from Trump's signature tax law that took effect this year.

[MichMan]

21. That study states $1000 and another one states $1700

Those numbers are considerably different than each other.

[C_U_L8R]

10. Every person, company, school, municipality, etc should send him an invoice

Trump has ripped us all off.

[bluescribbler]

11. He should have added:

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

[mitch96]

12. My fear we will never see this money. Look at tfg's history. He just ties things up in court forever.

Has E. Jean Carroll ever gotten her money?
tRump will be long dead before any money is doled out. Uff. Can't be soon enough..
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[NH Ethylene]

15. Not to mention, where did this money actually go?

I would not be surprised at all if a good chunk of it made it into the pockets of Trump and his billionaire cronies.

[Sneederbunk]

16. And no, Pritsker does not want to donate it to your ballroom.

[murielm99]

17. Luv my guv!