Category: Tariff

From Opium Wars to Fentanyl: Echoes of History in a Modern Drug Crisis

You know, history’s got a funny way of coming back around to bite folks right in the backside. Once upon a time, it was the British shipping boatloads of opium halfway around the world to turn China into a nation of dazed, silver-spending addicts. Today, it’s China exporting tiny white powders so potent they could knock down an elephant, and America’s the one slumped over the table. Folks like to say the past is dead, but this story proves it’s alive and kicking—only now it’s wearing a different flag. It’s almost poetic, in a tragic sort of way: the … Continue readingFrom Opium Wars to Fentanyl: Echoes of History in a Modern Drug Crisis

Trump’s Tariff Power Play:

The Deal of the Century or NOT!

THE GOOD: Donald Trump just Shook the world—and the tariff plan is not what you think. Understanding the Tariffs I love these tariffs, but no one seems to understand them. To understand what Trump is doing, you just need to read The Art of the Deal. It’s all spelled out in there. So what is he doing? What’s this tariff plan really? It’s a bluff—but also, it’s not. Let’s go over the basics quickly. A tariff is simply a tax on imported goods, usually to persuade people to buy domestic alternatives. For instance, Japan has a 778% tariff on … Continue readingTrump’s Tariff Power Play:

The Deal of the Century or NOT!