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TexasTowelie

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Fri Mar 13, 2026, 12:53 AM Friday

Blue-Collar MAGA Voters Are Paying $1,300 More Per Year In Trump's Tariff Tax - The Logical Leftist [View all]



Trump's tariffs are now costing the average American household $1,300 per year in 2026, according to the Tax Foundation - the highest effective tariff rate on imports since 1947.

The Supreme Court struck down Trump's IEEPA tariffs as unconstitutional, so he immediately signed new tariffs covering $1.2 trillion in imports under a different authority.

Tariffs are not paid by foreign governments - they are paid by American consumers at the register. Lower-income families bear a disproportionate share of this cost. The trade deficit Trump promised to fix barely moved. The manufacturing jobs boom he promised did not materialize. The $1,300 annual household bill is not a side effect. It is the policy.
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