TARIFFS LEAD TO HIGHEST SALES TAX ON AMERICANS IN HISTORY

On 2025-04-08, Representative Greg Landsman (D-OH-1) delivered a floor speech titled "TARIFFS LEAD TO HIGHEST SALES TAX ON AMERICANS IN HISTORY" in the House.

TARIFFS LEAD TO HIGHEST SALES TAX ON AMERICANS IN HISTORY

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 63 (Tuesday, April 8, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 8, 2025)] [House] [Page H1493] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] TARIFFS LEAD TO HIGHEST SALES TAX ON AMERICANS IN HISTORY (Mr. LANDSMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) Mr. LANDSMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because this administration, the folks who are in charge of this country, after promising lower prices and a better economy, are actively jacking up prices and tanking the economy. Last year in Ohio, we imported $86 billion in goods. Now, nearly every country in the entire world is dealing with these tariffs because of a trade war that no one but one man wanted. The price of all of this will fall on us. It is a tax on nearly everything we buy, everything we sell. Americans have watched their hard-earned savings vanish as the markets have tanked every day since the announcement. Trump has now unilaterally placed the highest sales tax on Americans in the history of this country. The impact? Higher prices across the board. The average family is expected to pay an extra $4,000 this year alone. They cannot afford that. Trump says: ``I couldn't care less.'' Mr. Speaker, we need to end this chaos. ____________________