Ed Bonderenka is joined by Professor Gary Wolfram, William Simon Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Director of Economics, Professor of Political Economy.
We talked about Tariffs, their history, and effectiveness.
Your American Heritage 3 22 2025 Hour 2 Gary Wolfram
Your American Heritage 3 22 2025 Hour 2 Gary Wolfram Transcript
Then I spoke with Rick Deitering about Executive Pardons, their history, Supreme Court rulings, the Nixon Pardon (and why), autopens and their use. And more.
Your American Heritage 3 22 2025 Hour 1
Your American Heritage 3 22 2025 Hour 1 Deitering Transcript
Good show, thanks!
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DeleteIf you have been someone who has been “Pro Palestine” since 10/7 and have been marching with the Mobs of the“Pro Palestine” and 6hr SO-CALLED Protests etc…where are you now that the people of Gaza are risking their lives protesting their evil oppressive govt, Hamas who have held them captive since 2007. They are demanding they step down, release the hostages and end the war. For those who have been using Al Jazeera as a source, what do you have to say now that the people of Gaza are holding Al Jazeera accountable for lies? Something we have all been telling you is a mouthpiece for Hamas.
ReplyDeleteFor those who have been claiming Hamas are “freedom fighters” when we have been telling you that they are terrorist who oppress their own people and force them to be shields and have been stealing their aid…where are you now? If you supposedly stand for the Palestinian people, then why are you not out there amplifying their voices?
Where is Nerdeen Kiswani of “within our lifetime”? Where are all these elitist kids going to prestigious colleges who have been pretending they care about the Palestinians and terrorizing Jews in the name of them.
Because it’s never been about the Palestinians. The Palestinian people were used as pawns for all these groups to de -legitimizing Israel and the Jews. This is what we have been saying for years! Now you can see it with your own eyes. The only people who are amplifying the voice of the Gazans are the pro Israel & pro peace crowd. This should tell you everything you need to Know. I Think It’s a Fair Assumption to Lump All Those Who Have Been at These Protests and on the College Campuses with this Sentiment. If not they would have seperated themselves when they saw the movement getting hateful and you would be seeing them speak out. I do feel bad for some of these young impressionable college kids who probably don’t know any different than what they have been brainwashed into thinking. It’s a failure of our educational institutions and the indoctrination is getting younger and younger. But the only reason this conflict got as much attention as it has is caused the “enemy” are the Jews and the Jewish state that everyone has been trying to de-legitimize since 1948. And by the way, I think that President Trump is 100 percent correct when he says he wants to and will STOP Funding these Radical Universities .
In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the U.S. relied on tariffs instead of income taxes. The result? Massive inequality. Industrial giants like Carnegie and Rockefeller thrived, while workers barely survived on subsistence wages, trapped in company-owned housing and forced to buy from company stores. Tariffs didn’t protect the average American—they made everything more expensive while corporations profited.
ReplyDeleteHistory proves tariffs don’t guarantee economic strength. The Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930 was supposed to help American industries but instead triggered a global trade war, deepening the Great Depression. Even before that, the McKinley Tariff of 1890 helped collapse the economy. Now, Trump wants to repeat these failures.
Today’s economy isn’t built for isolation. Even American-made cars rely on foreign components, so tariffs only drive up costs. And when other countries retaliate, U.S. businesses and workers suffer. The truth is, America thrived most after moving away from tariff-based revenue. The income tax, fair wages, and public investments built the middle class—not tariffs.
Trump’s approach will do what it always has—make corporations richer while everyday Americans struggle to afford the basics. If he really cared about economic independence, he’d focus on wages, innovation, and fair taxation, not making life more expensive for working people.
ReplyDeleteRepresentative Jasmine Crockett is a loser. When she is not berating people for using language
she is using language insulting and making fun of disabled people. She is Despicable.
Part of the reason was that the Harris team took them for granted, whereas Trump made genuine outreach. The other part of the problem is that immigration is affecting these communities, and muddled messaging didn’t help.
ReplyDeleteThis is the untold story Kamala didn’t improve her numbers with white voters. She lost a large percentage point among them. But Trump improved his standing with black voters. The two big groups that he gained were Hispanics (+14) and Asians (+6), despite the toxic and racist language coming from Biden, and Harris on Immigration
Immigration has become a significant crisis, which Biden and Harris did not effectively manage .in fact they didn’y manage it at all. Part of the problem is immigrants figured out the Asylum loophole and abused the heck out of it. The other part of the problem is that Biden did very little to discourage immigration. While they deported more people than Trump did during his first term, they didn’t like to talk about it because they thought it wouldn’t play well with the Hispanic Community. Biden and Kamala welcomed the Immigrants no matter who they were, or what they had done in the past, or where they came from. As long as they come into the country they figured that they would eventually become another vote for the Democratic party.
And yes, It’s the economy, stupid. The Biden economy was pretty good.in Biden’s sick mind, He saw it as Record stock market growth, record job growth, and low unemployment. The fly in the ointment, of course, was high inflation, driven by global commodities, labor shortages, and, yes, the Trillions in Stimulus That both Trump and Biden pumped into the economy to keep it afloat during COVID-19. The problem was, the Democrats did a very poor job talking up the good stuff, and really weren't proactive enough on inflation, other than "Just let the fed handle it by putting home prices out of reach".
And as for Transgender rights - Failure to Communicate. Democrats let Republicans run the table with this one. Every time the Republicans dragged out some college girl whining how she didn’t get a trophy, the Democrats should have brought out a transgender girl who transphobic people have abused. They didn’t do this, and the Republicans were smart enough to prove that it was done to show dehumanization. Biden’s allowing the two sexes to mix and mingle into the same Bathrooms was a complete failure
Its MIND-BOGGLING to me how the Democrats allowed the protesting by the Palestinians at the Collages, and Universities. . This is where they should have taken a stand and stood up for Israel! Instead, they tried to please both sides and ended up pleasing neither one. So now you have these Arab-Americans in Dearborn, MI, who stayed home instead of voting for Kamala. .And the Israeli, and Jewish Americans pissed off at the Democrats, and voting for Trump.
Why is Trump running so fast? What’s the rush? It can only mean that Trump takes seriously Satchel Paige’s observation, which runs as “Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.” That, plus he’s a New Yorker, which is to say he is bred, trained and conditioned to move fast in a town and in a business where runner-up gets no diploma. You have to win and as president, Trump’s been chalking up his wins at an impressive pace – but why the rush? Is it to fix things before it’s too late? His successes together with his attempts to get things
ReplyDeleteBut when it comes to Righting Wrongs, Correcting Errors, Solving Problems and Making Real Progress there is NO WAY anyone could possibly move as fsy or compete with Dolald Trump!
Nobody knew it . None of us saw it. Amongst his biggest supporters, maybe a handful suspected it. Many of us expected the economic renewal of the US to happen. Many of us foresaw a significant roll back of St Barrack’s Horrid, Destructive Agenda. A lot of us hoped for a major push back on the left. All of which WE HAVE GOTTEN. But None OF US, I have read, NO ONE I know, expected Donald Trump to be a GIANT in Foreign Policy. No One Expected Him to Reshape the World. Yet Donald Trump, in a Short Time, Is Doing So. That Was Supposed to Be One of the Reasons to Vote Against Him. He Had No Foreign Policy. But Surprisedly HE HAS
IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT PROGRESSIVES HAVE BEEN SEEN JUMPING OFF OF TH E ROOF TOPS I N NEW YORK CITY, AND IN CALIFORNIA
Now, the Democrats Are in a Pure Fucking Panic. They are Desperately Trying to some way that they could Spin this to Make Trump Look Bad. Oh, they will. They already are, and their Demented Sheep are of course following right along.
In less than two months the bad it already gone, no longer part of a globalist scam, the economy is booming, jobs coming back to America, the 70 year armistice is over, and even Iran looks like they has given up their nuclear aspirations.
IN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS!
NOW, LETS ALL HAVE A NICE HARDY DISRESPECTFUL LAUGH AT THE LEFT AND THEIR FEEBLE FREAKEN WEAK ATTEMPTS AT SPINNING THIS
And Please Try to Avoid Making Derogatory Remarks about the Progressives.
Advice to Cory Booker ..
ReplyDeleteYou Want a Nuclear-free North Korea? You want a World of Peace? Look at president Trump and learn! And see how it’s done! It’s called Peace through strength. NOT capitulation, and not paying ransoms. Standing up there in Congress and talking to yourself for 26 house ain't gonna mean a DAMN THING... Nada, Zip!
You leftist idiots are so pissed off that the President has actually done what he said he's do that you don't know what to do or day next!
How can you possibly say that "Nothing has actually been accomplished"? What exactly did you expect to see happen? And what did you think was going to be accomplished by that Idiot Corry Booker talking to himself for 26 hours? HUH?
Yet Obama and every Democratic in the past century has FAILED sand Biden failed to do what Trump has already done. And did it in 2 months. I hope it gives all of you heart attacks. Never have I seen such SCUMMY hatred success like you leftist animals do towards Elon Musk! What the hell in the world has he done? Nothing but a hell of a lot of Good. .
Do us all a favor and stay in that Progressive shit-hole where you came from!
The political landscape in America has become a playground for the Pathetic Progressive/ Liberal Communist /Democrats, a theater of absurdity where truth is sacrificed at the altar of political power, and the old guard of wealthy Washington elites work tirelessly to ensure that their political fortunes remain intact.
ReplyDeleteAs the country grapples with the mounting issues of political corruption, government waste, fraud, and abuse, one thing has become clear: the Democrats have doubled down on their refusal to cooperate with the Republicans in any meaningful reform. Their strategy? Distraction, deceit, division, and destruction.
The same old political corruption has plagued Washington for decades, a vicious cycle where entrenched bureaucrats and career politicians line their pockets. At the same time, the rest of the country suffers. But instead of taking responsibility and offering solutions, the progressive communist democrats have chosen to defend this broken system with a fervor that is both stunning and horrifying. They are willing to watch the country crumble under the weight of their own corrupt mismanagement rather than acknowledge the need for reform.
n an era where Americans demand accountability, the progressive communist democrat propaganda machine has stepped in to fill the void with a steady stream of lies, half-truths, and manipulation. These so-called “journalists” have become nothing more than mouthpieces for the Democratic Party, parroting talking points and spinning every narrative to fit their ideological agenda. What they refuse to acknowledge is the damage they are doing to the very fabric of our society by undermining public trust in institutions and perpetuating division.
But the deception doesn’t end with the media. The legal system has been hijacked by corrupt attorneys and activist judges who impose their personal political views on every aspect of our lives. These unelected individuals are creating a tyranny of their own, rewriting laws and bending the Constitution to suit their agenda. Instead of upholding the rule of law, they are eroding it in favor of a progressive perpetual one-party vision that disregards the principles of justice and fairness. Their ultimate goal? To keep themselves and their purloined wealth safe from those who dare challenge the status quo, whether it’s a businessman trying to succeed in a fair market or a citizen seeking justice in the courts.
And then, there are the protests. The Democrats’ street theatre is anything but organic. Far from being a spontaneous display of grassroots activism, these events are carefully orchestrated spectacles, designed to fuel outrage and perpetuate division. Behind the scenes, professional organizers and agitators pull the strings of bused-in paid performers from who knows where, with pre-written signs and scripts ready for action. The cameras capture the illusion of a massive movement, but when they pull back for a wide shot, the truth becomes clear: a handful of disgruntled individuals are being staged to look like a much larger, more powerful force. It’s nothing more than smoke and mirrors, a desperate attempt to manufacture support where none exists.
ReplyDeleteWorse than ironic, it’s pathetic…
The irony of it all is that the same people pushing this progressive communist democrat agenda are the ones who have been in power for decades.
The aging political elites of the Democratic Party, like Bernie Sanders, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and others, are clinging to a vision of the world that hasn’t existed since the 1960s. Their idealized view of that era of protest is warped through the haze of nostalgia, when they were young and powerful, fighting for causes that now seem quaint and irrelevant in the face of modern challenges. But what these septuagenarians and octogenarians fail to understand is that their time has passed. Their power is built on a foundation of corruption and cronyism, and their political machinations are becoming ever more transparent.
It’s no wonder they’re afraid of the curtain being pulled back. If the American people were to see the truth—if they were to witness the personal wealth and power that these so-called public servants have accumulated at the expense of their constituents—they would demand accountability.
But the Democratic Party is doing everything it can to ensure that the truth never sees the light of day. They’re only committed to maintaining their grip on power, no matter the cost to the American people…