Record Tariffs, Record Deficits: The Fantasy of Eliminating Income Taxes
Update: 2025-12-02
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Tariffs bringing in “hundreds of billions” sounds impressive—until you compare it to trillion-dollar interest payments and the size of the modern federal government. This episode calls out the magical thinking behind claims that income taxes can be eliminated, and explains why comparing today’s America to the pre-income-tax era is economic nonsense.
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i
WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on:
https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured
Tariffs bringing in “hundreds of billions” sounds impressive—until you compare it to trillion-dollar interest payments and the size of the modern federal government. This episode calls out the magical thinking behind claims that income taxes can be eliminated, and explains why comparing today’s America to the pre-income-tax era is economic nonsense.
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