The Great American Tariff Scam: Imbecile Trump's ERS Plan Would Destroy the Economy

Introduction: The Latest Bullshit from the Economic Twilight Zone

Look, I've seen some absolutely batshit economic proposals in my time ( I’m 52 , I’ve been around ) but this one takes the whole damn cake, frosting and all. When Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced Trump's plan to replace the IRS with something called the "External Revenue Service" (ERS), I damn near spilled my fucking coffee. Not because it was surprising – we're well past being surprised by anything anymore – but because of the sheer astronomical asswadery of it all.

The Basic Math That Anyone With Two Brain Cells Could Figure Out

Let's break this down into terms so simple that even a goddamn toddler could understand it. The United States currently collects about $3 trillion in income taxes annually. We import roughly $3 trillion in goods. Trump's brilliant fucking plan? Slap m…