News on the economy isn't good lately. Consumers are facing higher costs for goods and services, resulting in decreased or stagnant spending. Wholesale prices jumped 3.3% as the Trump tariffs took effect on the economy. According to Peter Navarro, a senior trade official in the Trump administration, tariffs result in a "tax cut." Sure thing, buddy.
If you've gone grocery shopping lately, did you feel like you got a tax cut when the nice cashier person told you your total? At least when you fork over the $150.00 to the cashier, you can look back at the line of people waiting, and say, "Look at my tax cut!" And if you're naive enough to buy into Navarro's horse shit, you'll also believe when South Carolina multimillionaire Republican Rep. Ralph Norman said this week that rising prices a