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.…