Trump has consistently claimed that exporters, those countries who are “ripping us off,” are paying the tariffs. However, the actual data tell a different story.
Far from earning living wages, most U.S. workers have experienced wage stagnation since the 1970s--a trend largely obscured by political rhetoric and misinformation.
KRISTIAN WILLIAMS is the author of Our Enemies in Blue: Police and Power in America (South End Press, 2007), and a member of the National Writers Union (UAW Local 1981).
