by Daniel Brouse July 8, 2025 At a cabinet meeting today, President Trump announced that his administration has finalized a 50% tariff on imported copper, which will go into effect later this month, and is considering imposing a 200% tariff on pharmaceuticals in the coming weeks. These drastic moves will have severe ripple effects across […]
Category Archives: Finance
Trump Finalizes 50% Tariff on Copper, Proposes 200% Tariff on Pharmaceuticals: A Recipe for Inflation and Economic Harm
Also posted in Business, freedom, Government, health and wellness, International, Medicine, Politics, Science, taxes
Tagged economy
Comments closed
Trump’s New Tariffs on Japan and South Korea: A Hidden Tax on American Consumers
by Daniel BrouseJuly 7, 2025 Trump has announced via social media that all imports from Japan and South Korea will face an additional 25% tariff starting August 1, which will be stacked on top of all existing sectoral tariffs already in place. This means goods such as automobiles, steel, aluminum, and electronics from these countries […]
Also posted in Business, freedom, Government, International, liberty, Politics, taxes
Tagged economy
Comments closed
Watching Genocide in Real Time
Ahmed said: Indeed, I am speaking to you, my friend, from the ground, and through eyewitnesses who went to receive aid from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. People’s testimonies are full of oppression. They humiliate people, push them to push, and shoot at them whenever they approach the aid sites. They starve us and prevent us […]
Also posted in Business, children, Education, Environment, freedom, Government, International, Law, liberty, Politics, Religion, Security, taxes, War And Peace
Comments closed
Texas Flood Disaster: At Least 22 Dead, 20 Girls Missing as “500-Year Floods” Become Regular Events
by Daniel BrouseJuly 4, 2025 It rained 12 inches in just one hour, and the river rose 26 feet in only 45 minutes. Search and rescue operations continue along the Guadalupe River in Texas after catastrophic flooding killed at least 22 people and left at least 20 girls missing, local authorities confirmed. The full scope […]
Also posted in Agriculture, Business, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Government, Science, Security
Tagged economy, extreme weather events, insurance
Comments closed
How ICE’s Authoritarian Actions Are Quietly Crippling the Economy
The authoritarian, Nazi-like actions of ICE are having compounding and complex ramifications across the U.S. economy, impacting far more than immigration statistics alone. Industries that rely on the everyday participation of immigrant communities are beginning to show clear signs of stress, illustrating the far-reaching economic damage of these policies. One striking example comes from the […]
Trump’s “Big and Brutally Ugly Bill” Triggers Fossil Fuel Expansion, Ends Solar and Wind Support, and Risks Climate, Economic, and Infrastructure Collapse
by Daniel Brouse July 4, 2025 President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act marks a seismic shift in U.S. energy, climate, and economic policy, ending decades of federal support for solar and wind while unleashing a massive expansion of oil, gas, and coal production. The House passed the megabill on Thursday following a narrow […]
Also posted in Agriculture, Business, Education, Energy, Environment, freedom, Global Warming, Government, health and wellness, International, Law, liberty, Politics, Science, Security, Society, taxes, Trees, weather
Tagged economy
Comments closed
The “Big and Brutally Ugly Bill” Just Passed—and Many Voters Don’t Even Realize They’re the Ones Getting Crushed
by Daniel Brouse July 4, 2025 The “Big and Brutally Ugly Bill” being signed into law today will hit many Americans hard—especially those who don’t even realize it. Ironically, many of the voters who supported these cuts are the same ones who will feel the pain most directly in their daily lives. One overlooked detail […]
The “Big Beautiful Bill” and the End of American Exceptionalism
The so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” is being celebrated by its backers as a win for taxpayers and American families. In reality, it may mark the accelerated decline of U.S. economic stability and the end of American exceptionalism. This bill is both a massive tax cut and a massive spending bill, a combination that guarantees trillions […]
The “Tip” and “Overtime” Loopholes: How the New Tax Plan Could Let the Wealthy Pay Zero Taxes
by Daniel Brouse July 3, 2025 Under the proposed “New Big Beautiful Bill,” both tip income and overtime pay would become entirely tax-exempt, a policy pitched as a benefit for service workers and middle-class earners. However, the structure of the bill opens the door to one of the largest tax avoidance loopholes in U.S. history, […]
Why Spotify’s Payment Model Isn’t As Bad As People Think—Especially for Small Artists
by Daniel Brouse July 2, 2025 There’s a lot of noise online about how unfair Spotify is to musicians. But the reality is more nuanced, and in many ways, Spotify’s payment system can actually benefit smaller artists far more than the old record label system ever did. First, it helps to understand that Spotify operates […]