04 Mar 2025 Reading time: 2 minutes 
Largest Tax Increase On Americans In Modern American History
This new Trump Tax on Americans is the largest in modern American History.
25% Tariffs on Mexico and Canada, and 10% more on China, went into effect today. Additionally, a 10% import duty was placed on energy products from Canada.
As of this morning, China has already retaliated with a 15% tariff on some U.S. exports such as farm equipment. And yesterday, Canada also announced that 25% tariffs would be imposed on $107 billion worth of American goods. We should expect to see retaliation from Mexico as well, although they’ve not announced yet (UPDATE: Mexico says they will announce retaliator measures on Sunday).
Mexico, Canada, and China are the United States’ three top independent country trading partners - putting taxes on a large portion of U.S. imports.
Impact
The impact has already started. As I’ve mentioned in other articles, the mere act of threatening to turn your back on a trade agreement or threatening tariffs causes disruptions in markets. Not only is demand front-loaded, businesses begin raising prices to cover potential expenses. And now, those impacts grow as tariffs set in and taxes begin to be collected.
We will see prices continue to rise sharply for food, clothing, cars, car parts, lumber, cell phones, computers, electronics, toys, appliances, beverages, gas and oil, etc. Yes, essentially everything. Oh, and anything made using those products (for example, lumber prices going up means housing prices go up) - supply chain disruption.
This is all before the retaliation tariffs take place. Ultimately, this is primarily an attack on the American consumer and working class.
For more information please see my articles on Tariffs:
And see my prediction for how this turns out:
28 Feb 2025 Reading time: 1 minute 
This is my second highlights post, for February 2025! I first want to start out with a bit about my first highlight post:
My first highlights post! This one is large because it’s 2 months. This has so many great posts, if I do say so myself. If you like a collection like this, definitely check that one out as well!
Another addition to my tariff series. Discussion of the foreign relations aspect of tariffs.
Theres a few articles I want to highlight on the consequences of potentially removing USAID and topics related to it. All of them have unique aspects - one thing remains across all of them; USAID helps the world and its people - yes - but it also helps America, and Americans in a significant manner.
“How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and how hard it is to undo that work again!”
Hard, yes; impossible…. no.
A massive AI breakthrough came out of China that threw the stock market into a large downturn.
A Chinese AI startup, named DeepSeek - released an AI model that has comparable performance and sophistication as the state of the art American models.
Another post about some great movies I think you should watch! These are less head-heavy and have some more levity.
28 Feb 2025 Reading time: 1 minute This is the sixth recap of my new mini project, where I post a quote by a Founding Father each day to this Bluesky account.
“We may define a republic to be … a government which derives all its powers directly or indirectly from the great body of the people, and is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure for a limited period, or during good behavior.“
- James Madison
“It will not be denied that power is of an encroaching nature and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it“
- James Madison
”Independence is my happiness, and I view things as they are, without regard to place or person; my country is the world, and my religion is to do good.”
- Thomas Paine
”Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms, those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny”
- Thomas Jefferson
“It will not be denied that power is of an encroaching nature and that it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it.“
- James Madison
“There never was a democracy yet, that did not commit suicide. It is in vain to say that democracy is less vain, less proud, less selfish, less ambitious, or less avaricious than aristocracy or monarchy.“
- John Adams
”For as in absolute governments the King is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other.”
- Thomas Paine
