💸 Make America Expensive Again

Spend, baby, spend

📡 On my Radar

Prices are already rising. Reciprocal tariffs aren’t going to make it better. Over the next six months prices for these goods are expected to increase by:

CARS (7%)

Get ready to pay more for your favorite vehicle. EVs? - you’ll be lucky to find one as incentives dry up and hostility towards electric cars increases under the current administration.

ENERGY (5%)

Gasoline prices will increase by 15 cents per gallon — a 4–5% rise at $3.00/gallon. Thankfully local utility company rebates and assistance programs are still offering great energy discounts.

HOUSING (8%)

High interest rates are making home prices stagnate at peak levels. A reciprocal tariff on lumber isn’t going to make this any better. Time to negotiate those leases or find a house/roommate.

FOOD (6%)

Those cheap eggs are a chicken’s pipe dream. With tariffs on items such as fresh produce, maple syrup, and grains, food prices will see an increase in the range of about 4–6%.

The “Tariff Burger” is my go-to home cooked special to save some $$.

ALL THE OTHER STUFF YOU BUY (12%)

Trump has already admitted prices on consumer goods will shoot through the roof.

In total that’s about $250-$420 more per month …

Something the shrinking middle class can scarcely afford.

Here’s the thing … tariffs go into the government’s pocket, to spend on citizen services like healthcare, research, regulation and public safety … but what happens when the employees spending those tariff dollars have been fired and the agencies that would carry out policies to benefit taxpayers have been shut down? How do citizens get the benefit of all these tariffs? 🧐

📈 By the Numbers

Tilted equation: make less, spend more.

👊🏽 Make a Difference

This week: 11 Jobs / 1 Freelance / 2 Fellowships

JOB | Help build a brand new nonprofit dedicated to supporting the legal profession in Arizona.

JOB | Join friend Deborah Clark at EdSource as Director of Operations to help take this small but mighty organization covering California public education to the next level.