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Marc Goldwein argues that tax cuts for individuals tend to be inflationary because they primarily increase demand.
He adds that tariffs will raise prices through their direct sticker impact, which affects official inflation measures but does not represent underlying economic inflation. Goldwein also suggests that outside of this price effect, tariffs could be mildly deflationary by dampening demand.
Goldwein has previously addressed criticism of payroll tax changes, describing their structure as similar to a progressive consumption tax for U.S. seniors. He has also pointed out that the link between payroll tax contributions and benefits is fully severed above $440,000 in lifetime contributions. His recent comments on inflation and tariffs follow a series of posts on U.S. fiscal policy.