04/07/2025
Dear Senator McCormick ;
I am a resident of Pennsylvania and a constituent of yours and I'd you to answer a question or two.
I'd like to ask you about the administrations tariffs. Recently, the Wall Street Journal reported that the tariffs wiped out trillions of dollars and have triggered fears of a recession, adding that it was the worst week since 2020.
CNN is reporting that, because of the tariffs, global markets are plunging.
It used to be dogma amongst conservatives that tariffs are taxes. The Tax Foundation went a little further:
Tariffs are taxes imposed by one country on goods imported from another country. Tariffs are trade barriers that raise prices, reduce available quantities of goods and services for US businesses and consumers, and create an economic burden on foreign exporters.
The Republican Liberty Caucus stated recently that
Americans should have the liberty to purchase and exchange goods with minimal government interference. Tariffs violate these principles and are essentially a tax paid for by American families.
Given all the short term damage (so far) to the economy, do you stand with this administration's tariffs?
Also, given all that damage, any comment on Donald Trump playing golf all weekend as the economy tanked?
I'll await your answer, Senator.
Second of a series.
I will be sending this letter to the Senator's office via the United States Postal Service and any response I get I'll post here verbatim.
