The Tariff-ying Reality of Higher Costs for Working Families Under President Trump and a Republican Congress
Washington, D.C. — Today, President Donald Trump imposed tariffs that will directly raise costs for hard-working Americans. Trump and his cabinet members have admitted they plan to use tariffs to pay for massive tax breaks for billionaires and corporations.
Trump’s new tariffs, placed on imports from Canada, China, and Mexico, will increase the cost of products working families across the United States use every day.
“Small business owners like me are working hard to keep up with high costs, provide for our families, and keep the economy running,” said Alex Bronson, a carpenter who owns a small construction business in Mount Clemens, Michigan. “But after promising to lower our costs, Republicans seem set to deliver the opposite. Because of these tariffs, we’ll be paying higher costs for construction amongst just about everything else just to help Republicans in Congress and Donald Trump gift bigger and bigger tax breaks to their billionaire friends and big corporations. It leaves us all wondering: Who are our leaders in Washington really working for?”
“It’s ‘tariff-ying’ and nauseating to watch President Trump and his Republican allies in Congress celebrate as they impose tariffs that will raise costs for the rest of us,” said Unrig Our Economy spokesperson Kobie Christian. “Every time Americans pay more when they buy clothes, electronics, or shop at the grocery store, they should remember they’re paying for the cost of tax breaks that Republicans in Congress and Donald Trump plan to give to billionaires and corporations. It turns out ‘America First’ means America’s Billionaires First.”
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