Nate discusses the positives and negatives about the Trump tariffs and how they could affect prices, the market, and retirees’ investments.

Source:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/10/28/jeff-bezos-washington-post-trust/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7255316/#:~:text=The%20wasteful%20effects%20of%20protectionism,marginally%2Dsignificant%20increase%20in%20unemployment.

https://taxfoundation.org/research/all/federal/tariffs/

https://www.investopedia.com/news/what-are-tariffs-and-how-do-they-affect-you/

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-promises-tariffs-on-all-products-from-mexico-until-it-curbs-flow-of-migrants-into-u-s

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trudeau-says-he-had-a-good-call-with-trump-after-threat-of-tariffs

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-unveils-tariff-ultimatums-against-canada-mexico-and-china

https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-art-of-the-tariff-how-trump-can-help-save-the-middle-class

Nate has heard multiple times that Trump wants to cut Social Security, hearing that the source of those concerns was project 2025, so he downloaded all 922 pages, and gets to the bottom of it.

Source:

https://static.project2025.org/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf

Nate discusses the cost of living adjustment increase for 2025 along with the Medicare premium increase, and again tries, possibly in vain, to temper election season emotions.

Source:

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2024/10/10/social-security-cola-for-2025-set-at-2-5/?kw=Social%20Security%20COLA%20for%202025%20Set%20at%202.5%25&utm_source=email&utm_medium=enl&utm_campaign=newsroomupdate&utm_content=20241010&utm_term=ta&oly_enc_id=4791J5393367D8I&user_id=7dece68a50d12914b4929182d0b4cb5001dd82cb0e00296b32af6f59bb259b0a

https://www.aarp.org/retirement/social-security/info-2024/cola-set-for-2025.html#:~:text=In%20their%202024%20annual%20report,a%20month%20for%20most%20recipients.