Notes in the Margin

Ted Carpenter explains why NATO is now even more useless than before. 

Lower income countries like the D.R. often face much higher relative costs than rich countries when it comes to dealing with waves of migrants. 

US airstrikes on Yemen killed 95 civilians and injured 192 last week. Very little US trade requires the Suez Canal, so this is about subsidizing the State of Israel. 

Trump's trade war is so successful that he's planning to bail out the farmers who will suffer under the trade war. 

62% think tariffs will be a net liability in the long run. Even more think it will be costly in the short run. They're right because tariff hikes are just tax increases on Americans.

Sales of previously owned homes in March fell 5.9% from February to 4.02 million units. That’s the slowest March sales pace since 2009.

Won't make 2% NATO target. The American taxpayers in no way benefit from a military alliance with Italy. Time to leave NATO. 

It's a good start, but the Fed should never cut (or raise) rates at all. It should stop manipulating interest rates altogether. Anything else is just central planning. 

60% oppose cuts to food stamps. Huge federal deficits are here to stay. 

Sebastian Gorka says the people who advocate for due process for potential deportees should be prosecuted by federal bureaucrats. Bill of Rights, RIP.