The Hill - President-elect Trump’s plan to enact heavy tariffs on certain imports could affect the prices and availability of pharmaceutical drugs in the U.S. Trump has floated 25 percent tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada, as well as expanded tariffs on Chinese imports. Economists have warned that such tariffs will drive prices up, and Trump acknowledged earlier this month he “can’t guarantee” they won’t increase costs for consumers. When it comes to drugs, health care industry insiders say Trump’s tariff plan could not only raise prices but also lead to shortages in the U.S.
Hartmann Report -Donald Trump, a billionaire himself, will soon become president with a cabinet worth at least a third of a trillion dollars. Add Musk, and you’re over $800 billion in wealth held by this small handful of people.By comparison, the entire combined net worth of Joe Biden’s cabinet is $118, million. That’s about one-tenth of one billion dollars: $0.118 billion. All of them, combined, including Biden himself, are worth what some of these billionaires make in a day.
To become a billionaire, generally you have to have a singular priority. One that is reflected in your work, your life, and your politics. And that priority, contrary to the poor MAGA suckers Trump and his billionaire buddies convinced to vote for him in November, has nothing to do with average Americans or the middle class. If anything, it has to do with sucking as much wealth out of the middle class as possible to make yourself a billionaire. Just since Reagan‘s tax cuts, they’ve taken $50 trillion from us.
Remember Trump and Musk laughing about how Musk fired people when they tried to unionize?
How Jeff Bezos does battle with Amazon employees who want a union?
Or how Republicans have kept the minimum wage at $7.25 an hour — half of what it is in Australia and most of the rest of the developed world — and will seemingly fight to the death to keep it there?
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