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J.D. Scholten on Free Trade

 

 


Working class people bear the brunt of costs of tariffs

When it comes to the Trump tariffs, the two main things are that working class people bear the brunt of those costs and America becomes an unreliable supplier (just look at how we lost the soybean market to Brazil since the first Trump trade war). 60% of vegetables consumed in the U.S. are imported and 40% of fruits. And because our labeling systems are so weak, beef imported into the U.S. can be repackaged in an America processing plant can technically have a "Product of the USA" label on it.
Source: Substack "Screwed"on 2026 Iowa Senate race , Mar 20, 2025

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