‘Empty shelves, higher prices’: Americans tell of cost of Trump’s tariffs

"You see prices soaring. It has become very clear that this administration did not and does not care about the everyday lives of Americans."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/19/trump-tariffs-us-consumers

 

The argument's over: Americans pay for tariffs

Even companies that once promised to hold the line on those costs, like Walmart, now say they have no choice but to pass them along. 

Inflation may be benign for now, but experts are increasingly convinced that higher prices are only a matter of time…

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/19/trump-tariffs-who-pays

 

Monopoly Mayhem: Corporations Win, Workers Lose

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich breaks down how monopolies like Amazon, Facebook, and JPMorgan Chase are boosting record corporate profits at the expense of workers and consumers. https://youtu.be/hwyvjvZO5Ls

Mortgages, debt, and credit: Consumers will be slammed in recession, CFPB ex-director warns - Vox

Richard Cordray is worried about Americans losing their homes and falling victim to loan sharks and scams amid the coronavirus crisis. ....
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/4/6/21208302/mortgage-credit-recession-cfpb-richard-cordray-kathy-kraninger

What higher tariffs mean for you

On the season finale of In The Making, Ashley Carman talks to gadget makers and creators about how political policies around tariffs affect their businesses. They’re subject to the whims of politicians, just like everybody else, and the repercussions could impact us, the consumers. ...
https://youtu.be/mk8EWJpDXMI

The Trump administration’s war on consumers is going swimmingly - The Washington Post: Opinion

It's almost as though the system is . . . rigged. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/12/05/the-trump-administrations-war-on-consumers-is-going-swimmingly/

Comcast charges $90 install fee at homes that already have Comcast installed - Ars Technica

$90 install may be required even if current resident is a Comcast subscriber. ...
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/05/comcast-charges-90-install-fee-at-homes-that-already-have-comcast-installed/

Under Trump, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau isn't even pretending to protect consumers -- ThinkProgress.org

Last November, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray resigned to run for governor of Ohio. Unlike most agency heads, who serve at the pleasure of the president, Cordray served a five-year term that was set to expire in mid-2018; ....
https://thinkprogress.org/cfpb-protect-consumers-8d50e60ba5d6/

FCC Moves To Kill Net Neutrality — Now What? (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Is this the end for net neutrality? President Trump’s FCC chief moves to eliminate it. What could your Internet look like when the net isn’t neutral?
Interview:
http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2017/11/27/net-neutrality-repeal

Did you know Trump made it easier for banks to get away with screwing the poor and minorities?

Let’s start by talking about Republican economic philosophy. To be sure, popular vote loser Donald Trump has not played a part in developing that philosophy, and likely does not understand it beyond the most simple level—i.e., do whatever possible to benefit people like himself. Nevertheless, that philosophy guides the decisions being made in his name.....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/11/19/1716268/-Did-you-know-Trump-made-it-easier-for-banks-to-get-away-with-screwing-the-poor-and-minorities

The Ultimate Hypocrisy? Trump Plan to Renegotiate NAFTA Resembles TPP Deal He Withdrew From

https://democracynow.org - The Trump administration has released their plans for renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement. Observers say they are surprisingly similar to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which Trump withdrew from in one of his first acts as president. As the White House kicks off its "Made in America"-themed week, labor leaders say the new NAFTA plan worsens protections for workers and would be "the ultimate in hypocrisy." "There’s enough vagueness in the descriptions that it’s unclear of the things that simply must be done," says Public Citizen’s Lori Wallach. She also notes that "[Trump] has refused to divest his business interests. He’s refused to disclose what his full investments are in Mexico and Canada."
Interview:

https://youtu.be/1iI4BuZ9v_E

Now Republicans want to undo the regulations that helped consumers and stabilized banking -- Vox

As with health care, outreach to Democrats is unlikely.
http://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/4/3/15143230/financial-regulations-dodd-frank-repeal-funding-consumer-protection

FCC blocks 9 companies from providing low-income internet access - Feb. 3, 2017

A handful of service providers are no longer able to participate in a federal program that provides low-income people with cheap internet access, the FCC said on Friday....
http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/03/technology/fcc-low-income-poor-internet-lifeline/