💸 The Tariff Illusion:

How to Tax a Nation and Pretend It’s Free Money

🗞️ I. The Setup Nobody Talks About

Tariffs are supposed to sound strong. Tough. Patriotic.
A kind of fiscal smackdown on foreign countries who dare sell us their goods.

But here’s the quiet part they never say out loud:

Tariffs are taxes on Americans. Always.
They get collected at U.S. ports, from U.S. companies, and passed straight to U.S. consumers.

Every economist knows this. Every trade lawyer knows this.
And yet half the political class still talks as if tariffs are some kind of foreign tribute payment.