Do Americans Really Pay 96% of the Tariffs?

The Congressional Budget Office has revised its estimates and states that the tariff increases implemented from January 6, 2025, to November 15, 2025, will reduce the primary deficit of the United States by $2.5 trillion over 11 years if they remain in place during the 2025–2035 period. Tariff revenues have risen to $90 billion between October and December 2025, compared with $20 billion in the same period in 2024. However, year-over-year inflation during that period is actually lower.

Inflation in the United States has not surged to 5–6%, as some investment banks had predicted following the tariff announcements. In fact, the year-over-year CPI, the PCE Index, and import prices reported by customs and border offices show no discernible increase in year-over-year inflation and are certainly very far away from the consensus estimates.

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How socialism stole Venezuela’s oil and how to recover it

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Many commentators state that the United States’ intervention in Venezuela is all about oil. However, they seem to ignore the reality of what has happened in the country.

Venezuela sólo tiene dos opciones: o con EEUU o con una narcodictadura

The current system has been one of squandering and stealing oil for decades.

Venezuela’s oil sector, once the most efficient in the industry, has been systematically looted and weaponised by the socialist Chavez-Maduro regime and its political allies, turning the world’s largest proven reserves into a poverty machine instead of a development engine.

Any serious recovery will require dismantling this network of political exploitation, restoring the rule of law, recapitalising PDVSA, and orienting exports in transparent market conditions.

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La irresistible propuesta de Montero para Andalucía: expoliar a los andaluces para financiar el independentismo

El PSOE se enfrenta a las próximas elecciones autonómicas con la tarea imposible de intentar hacer tragar a los ciudadanos la rueda de molino de su acuerdo de privilegios para la burocracia de Cataluña con Esquerra. 

La irresistible propuesta de Montero para Andalucía: expoliar a los andaluces para financiar el independentismo

Montero se presenta a las elecciones andaluzas con un programa “irresistible”:expoliar a impuestos a los andaluces, endeudarlos y que la Generalitat de Catalunya sea la más privilegiada, además de dictar desde Barcelona la fiscalidad de los ciudadanos de Andalucía.

El PSOE afirma que todas las comunidades ganan con un modelo que dota de 21.000 millones adicionales a las autonomías. Sin embargo, es falso. No se dotan más recursos a las autonomías, se endeuda todavía más al país.

El socialismo ofrece un espejismo de recursos públicos que solo es más deuda mientras impone una fiscalidad confiscatoria a medida del independentismo depredador.

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Markets May Exaggerate the Risks of Venezuela and Greenland

Most of the recent reports about the potential opportunity in Greenland and Venezuela focus on the large capital expenditure required, technical challenges, and legal security risks. However, markets may exaggerate the risks and underestimate the potential.

Markets May Exaggerate the Risks of Venezuela and Greenland

It is interesting to read that the United States should not invest in Venezuela and Greenland because they are high-risk, low-potential areas, but the same analysts find no problem in China and Russia developing those resources.

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