And they say we can't afford to tariff Mexico in retaliation for the open borders and drugs.
What we can't afford is more of this:
$2.7 trillion spent on the fallout of the fentanyl crisis during just one year of Biden's term, according to this study. That dwarfs whatever costs might be estimated to be incurred from a trade war with Mexico and Canada.
From Fox News:
The Council of Economic Advisers, an agency within the executive office that advises the president on economic policy, released a study on Friday, detailing that the opioid epidemic cost the U.S. $2.7 trillion in 2023 when considering costs related to loss of life, loss of quality of life, loss of labor force productivity, crime and costs to the health care system.
The opioid epidemic has raged for years, primarily inflamed by the use of fentanyl, which is a synthetic opioid that chiefly originates in China and comes to the U.S. over the Mexico border ...
The study, however, argues that the costs of the opioid epidemic.'
This isn't even including the human cost of fentanyl. The lives lost and ruined due to the dangerous drug flowing across our border unchecked for 4 years.
President Trump spent his previous administration battling the opioid epidemic that ravished small town America in the latter Obama years, only for the Biden admin to swoop in and make the problem even worse.
The border battle and trade wars are weapons being employed by President Trump to save lives and money spent on fentanyl related costs.
The loss of life in 2023, for example, cost the U.S. $1.11 trillion, with the study explaining that researchers multiplied the 74,702 opioid deaths that year 'by value of statistical life in the United States and then adding productivity and healthcare costs that arise due to opioid fatalities.'
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Another $1.34 trillion of the $2.7 trillion total accounts for loss of quality of life for those in the midst of opioid addiction compared to Americans who are healthy and not addicted.
The opiod crisis cost the U.S. health care system an estimated $107 billion in 2023, the study found, when accounting for treatment of individuals with opioid use disorder, relative to the average annual cost of treating patients who do not have an opioid addiction.
But, you know, it may cost another couple of bucks for your Modelo or guacamole now because of Trump's tariffs.
Not a tough choice between the trillions of dollars lost and tens of thousands of lives lost … and paying a little bit more for your avocados from Mexico.
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