Brandon Aceto
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2,197 appearances
13 recordings
2 series
first heard Oct 2025
last heard 3 Jun
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We don't know what the effects are going to be.
The much bigger problem is the deficit itself.
The fact that it's as ridiculous as it is and it's only going to get bigger, that's the problem.
And tariffs are very small as far as revenue.
So tariffs are an answer in search of a question.
One of those questions was, oh, we'll raise revenue because the federal government did raise almost all its revenue from tariffs back in the 19th century.
And the federal government was about 2% of GDP back then.
That's right.
Well, you can't raise that kind of revenue on tariffs anymore.
I always looked at those like a behavior shaping mechanism rather than a revenue source with the tariffs.
You know, like the whole point of those is to get companies to come back on shore rather than looking at it as a, you know, outlet for revenue or a way to save us from our deficit.
And, you know, I'm so curious what would happen if we for a year or two made it illegal for the government to go over the budget that it receives in revenue from the, you know, taxes.
You mean the debt ceiling doesn't work?
No.
Well, I mean, what would be cut first?
I mean, what would happen if we weren't allowed to go into deficit in a yearly budget, right?
Like it's what, about $1.5 to $2 trillion per year that they go over budget?
We could start by just actually using the budget process we have.
There's this lovely budget process in Congress where you're supposed to say, here's the overall total.
And then everything has to add up to that.
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