February 26, 2026
“This idea that we can use tariffs to pay for everything is just nonsense. It’s a fantasy,” Steve Wamhoff, federal policy director for the nonprofit Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, told Barron’s. “Replacing any substantial portion of the federal personal income tax with tariffs is not a proposal to be taken seriously.”
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