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Created: 2025-07-22 23:45:32 UTC

Tariffs are strategic tools targeting adversarial trade practices, not broad-based taxes. They force supply chains home while funding American priorities—like the $100B haul offsetting deficits. The real deficit driver is uncontrolled spending: federal outlays exploded XX% from $4.45T in 2019 to $6.8T in 2024. HHS alone ballooned 42%, and the Executive Office budget jumped 50%.

Tax cuts didn’t cause this—autopilot spending did. Surgical reforms like sunset clauses and zero-based budgeting would force DC to prioritize like households.

Redirecting tariff revenue to deficit reduction proves fiscal discipline works.


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