We are talking a pre-Civil War set of economic theories.

If you're of a free market sensibility, trading a dollar of revenue raised by income tax for a dollar raised by tariffs is a terrible deal, coming at the cost of burning several more dollars on top of it.

*trumpster fire

The more we learn about the Trump admin's deportations to El Salvador on March 15, the more it becomes clear that the entire operation was riddled with errors, and a lack of due process created manifest injustices. I summarized what we know so far here: immigrationimpact.com/2025/04/03/m...