Tariffs: The Key to Lowering the Cost of Living

For decades, the political class has sold the American people a lie: free trade, as currently practiced, makes life cheaper. But as wages stagnate, manufacturing disappears, and home prices soar beyond reach, it's worth asking—cheaper for whom?

Tariffs, far from being an economic boogeyman, are a tool of national survival. Critics claim they will cause inflation, but they ignore the more destructive inflation that has already been engineered by financial elites: asset inflation. They don’t care about the rising costs of homes, land, or stocks—because they already own those assets. What they care about is keeping disposable consumer goods cheap, so you don’t notice how much harder it is to afford a home, start a business, or retire with dignity.

Tariffs are not the cause of inflation—they are the cure for an economic system rigged against you.

The Inflation You’re Not Supposed to Notice

The media and their pet economists hyperventilate about tariffs increasing the price of imported goods, but they remain suspiciously silent on the inflation that has already been strangling the middle class. Why? Because that inflation benefits them.

The U.S. trade deficit means we buy far more from foreign nations than we sell. To finance this, we sell off our assets—land, businesses, and even our debt—to foreign buyers. This drives up the cost of homes, farmland, and commercial real estate, pricing Americans out of ownership. In 2024 alone, foreign investors purchased over $42 billion in U.S. residential real estate and $12 billion in commercial property. The result? Rising housing costs, stagnant wages, and an American Dream that is increasingly out of reach.

Meanwhile, foreign nations continue to buy up U.S. companies, handing over control of critical industries to those who have no stake in American prosperity. As of mid-2023, foreign investors owned 17% of all U.S. equities. And then there’s the national debt—over $8.67 trillion in U.S. Treasury securities is held by foreign entities, draining wealth from our economy year after year through interest payments.

This is the inflation that actually matters. Not a few extra cents on a washing machine. Not a marginal increase in the price of a smartphone. The real inflation is in the cost of land, homes, businesses, and national sovereignty itself.

Tariffs Are the Solution, Not the Problem

Tariffs are simple: they make it more expensive for foreign companies to undercut American workers and industries. Opponents argue that this raises prices, but they conveniently ignore a few key facts.

First, tariffs are avoidable. If you don’t want to pay them, buy American. A 25% tariff on Chinese steel doesn’t apply to steel made in Ohio. A tariff on foreign cars doesn’t affect American-made vehicles. This policy directly incentivizes domestic production, driving job creation and revitalizing entire industries.

Second, tariffs force foreign manufacturers to compete on equal footing. Right now, countries like China manipulate their currencies, subsidize their industries, and engage in predatory trade practices to drive American companies out of business. When tariffs are imposed, these nations have two choices: lower their costs to absorb the tariff, or lose access to the U.S. market. Either way, American industry wins.

Third, tariffs fuel domestic innovation and efficiency. History has proven that when production is forced to return home, American businesses find ways to increase productivity, automate processes, and create better technology. This, in turn, lowers costs over time and makes our industries globally competitive again.

Tariffs vs. The Globalist Scam

The real reason Washington and Wall Street fight tariffs tooth and nail? Because they threaten the globalist status quo. They don’t want a strong, self-sufficient America. They want a debt-ridden, consumer-driven economy dependent on foreign production, where the only "industry" left is pushing money around in financial markets.

Tariffs force a fundamental shift in the U.S. economy—from outsourcing and speculation to building, producing, and innovating. Instead of shipping jobs to Mexico and China while Americans scrape by on service-sector wages, tariffs bring those jobs back. Instead of borrowing trillions from foreign creditors, we invest in our own future.

Yes, tariffs may cause short-term price adjustments. But in the long run, they lower the cost of living by making real, productive industry the backbone of the economy once again. And that’s the last thing the elites want.

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