The Human Action Podcast

Would Trump’s Plan to Replace Income Tax with Tariffs Work?

Robert P. Murphy

Bob analyzes President Trump’s recent remarks praising the revenue capacity of tariffs. He shows that historically, tariffs only bought in a small fraction of what income taxes currently yield, meaning federal spending would have to be sharply cut in order to phase out the income tax.

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