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Most people don’t seem to understand tariffs anymore. I don’t know what Trump “Thinks”. I don’t like him, and I never voted for him. However, I do understand what a tariff is meant to do.

A tariff isn’t meant to be paid. The whole point is to encourage people not to pay the tariff. Historically, tariffs originated as a means to stifle economic competition from other nations by raising the price of imported goods beyond what the average consumer was willing or able to pay. By comparison, domestic goods would be cheaper and a more viable option for the majority of the citizenry.
When more domestic goods are sold, more jobs and wealth are created at home. At least, that’s the idea. When domestic resources (such as iron, aluminum, and oil) are abundant, the concept can work well in practice. However, once domestic resources have been depleted, a tariff can cause more harm than good. That’s because resources have to be imported just to support domestic manufacturing.
This is the situation that occurred in the 1960s. More and more businesses had to import basic resources. As they did so, they discovered that moving production overseas was a more economically viable solution. It wasn’t just about cheaper labor and lower taxes. If you need oil, iron, rubber aluminum, copper, tin, lead, and silica as basic resources to create just one product, that’s a lot of import taxes to pay on what are essential business goods.
When inflation began rising due to the cost of the Vietnam War (and later with the Oil Embargo), American businesses looked for ways to keep prices reasonably low. Paying a tariff on a finished product was more viable than paying tariffs on every item used to build that product. That meant moving production overseas — which is what happened (we call it Deindustrialization). Of course, once businesses began enjoying cheaper labor and lower taxes too, they didn’t want to give up that profit-producing trifecta. Thus, as Bruce Springsteen sang, “…these jobs are goin’, boy, and they ain’t comin’ back.”
Businesses then began lobbying to lower tariffs on two fronts. Those that remained in the U.S. wanted a cheaper way to import resources. Those that moved production overseas wanted a cheaper way to import the product so they could preserve brand dominance in the American market. Of course, as tariffs were lowered, American products began seeing more foreign competition in the American markets. This is when brands like Toyota, Datsun (now Nissan), Subaru, and Sony began gaining ground in the U.S. Meanwhile, major brands like Philips, RCA, Pioneer, Firestone, AT&T, and Nike began moving their production overseas during the 1970s and 1980s.

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Donald Trump is pushing hard to pass his expansive legislative proposal — one he proudly calls a “big and beautiful” plan. But inside the Republican Party, tensions are boiling over. Lawmakers are clashing over Medicaid cuts, green energy tax breaks, and local tax deductions, leaving House Speaker Mike Johnson scrambling to hold the party together ahead of a critical vote.

🔥 A Mega-Bill That Rekindles Old Divides
Trump’s package combines tax reform, immigration, defense, energy policy, and debt ceiling measures. It was meant to be a unifying moment for Republicans. Instead, it has exposed deep ideological divides — both new and old.
The conservative House Freedom Caucus is leading the charge for major cuts to Medicaid and the introduction of work requirements for able-bodied adults receiving healthcare assistance, with a deadline before 2029.
While most Republicans agree in principle, moderates warn that harsh cuts could cost them votes in competitive districts.

🌱 Green Energy Tax Credits: Allies Become Opponents
Another battleground: tax breaks for green energy, introduced by President Biden through the Inflation Reduction Act.
🔹 Hardliners want them gone — entirely.

🔹 Republicans from states like Arizona and Pennsylvania argue their removal would hurt businesses that have already based major investments on these incentives.

💰 The SALT Cap: One Deduction, Many Opinions
The SALT cap, which limits federal deductions for state and local taxes to $10,000, remains controversial.
🔹 Republicans from low-tax states (like Tennessee and Missouri) say raising the cap unfairly benefits blue states with high tax burdens.

🔹 Moderates from New York, New Jersey, and California argue that restoring full SALT deductions is crucial for their voters and could decide control of the House in 2026.

✍️ Letters, Lobbying, and Internal Chaos
Twenty-one Republican House members wrote to leadership urging them to preserve green energy tax credits, citing their importance to U.S. energy manufacturing and infrastructure.
In response, fiscal hawks fired back, saying the green sector is propped up by subsidies, not real demand:
“Keeping IRA subsidies intact undermines our energy independence, sidelines coal and natural gas, and threatens grid reliability,” they warned.

⚖️ A Critical Test for Trump and the GOP
Trump’s bill is ambitious, but it’s moving through a political minefield. For many, this is a showdown between ideological purists and pragmatists fighting to survive their next elections.
Whether this “big and beautiful” plan succeeds will come down to every single vote.

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