The current economic shift represents a sudden Macro-to-Micro Pivot from grand campaign promises to the ink-stained ledgers of the federal counting house. This change is defined by a violent interest in the common pocket and a spectacular display of legislative gymnastics and a swarm of high-priced Shysters descending upon the Treasury. It is the era of The Gilded Shakedown—the Patriot’s Tax that treats the American merchant as a convenient lemon to be squeezed until the pips squeak.

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