There was some new research that came out. It was done by the Tax Foundation, and they said that

the tariffs have cost the average American household about $1,000 last year, and that figure could

rise up to $1,300 this year if the tariffs stay in place. The study calls the tariff policies

the largest U.S. tax increase as a percent of GDP

since 1993. Yikes. Tariffs especially high on electronics and toys, cars and car parts, and also

some different food items like coffee and beef and lettuce and juice. Now, I'm always skeptical about these things because, of course, this came out from a

think tank called the Tax Foundation, and every think tank in the world has an agenda.

They've got an agenda they want to push, usually a political agenda, and usually either

from the left or from the right.

And so I always like to research this because of anything critical of Donald Trump,

if it comes out from a think tank that's left leaning, well, they've got that left-wing

agenda to push.

But here's the interesting thing about all this.

The Tax Foundation is generally considered a center-right and right-leaning nonpartisan think tank.

Right.

They call himself nonpartisan.

Well, but even though they do that, the analysis on this group is that it is a right-leaning think tank.

So it's interesting to see that. Now, I will say this, that in general, most people that are

conservative, especially conservative economists, have been against tariffs this entire time so that

fits with that that narrative.

But the other big part of this too, and what makes me question all of this, these economists and

experts that have talked about how tariffs are going to be the worst thing in the world and they're

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