Breaking Through The Noise: Econ Facts, July 24, 2026
🧒 Cost of Raising a Child (Compared to Dec 2023)
$303,148 total for 18 years
$16,857 annually cost
27.8% increase under T47
🇨🇦 New 50% Tariff Announced by T on Canada July 20 for certain items
Screwing with our 2nd largest trading partner, again
Previous refunds for 80M tariffs were paid to corporations,
DIDN’T GET BACK TO US WHO PAID FOR THEM!
Retaliations by Canada will cost us even more
We get fuel, car parts, food, wood, paper, furniture, cement etc. from Canada
(I was in Canada when announced and the sympathy/side-eye is real)
💲Trump is not only pardoning people but corporations for the first time ever
Back to the crypto scandals – BitMEX founder, Arthur Hayes, pled guilty
He sucked up to T and got a pardon, for him and BitMEX too!
So far offered pardons to 9 corporations
🏠 50% of Americans have less than $500 saved
The Middle Class is splitting
📈 The US Treasury has borrowed $155 Billion every month and is now paying $24 Billion a week in interest on its debts!
It’s cutting services on the backs of the 98% while enriching the 2%
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