Hey, it’s Jaxon Forge here — founder of MoneyForged.com, the guy who built multiple income streams from the ground up without waiting for permission or a fancy degree. You’ve read my stuff on rewiring your brain to crave hard work, killing comfort disguised as “balance,” and why grinding in silence beats posting wins online. Today I’m turning that same no-BS lens on something I’ve supported loud and clear: tariffs on America’s imports.

I’m a huge believer in capitalism and free markets. Always have been. But free markets only work when they’re fair. Tariffs aren’t “anti-business.” They’re the discipline tax America pays early so we don’t pay forever in lost factories, stolen IP, and hollowed-out towns.

Here’s my exhaustive, no-fluff list of exactly why I support tariffs on imports:

1. 1. Tariffs protect American jobs and real wage growth — When we let subsidized foreign steel, autos, or electronics flood in, American factories close. Tariffs keep the plants here, the paychecks here, and the compounding wealth here.
2. 2. They counter unfair foreign subsidies and dumping — China doesn’t play free-market. They subsidize industries, dump product below cost, and kill our competitors. Tariffs level the field.
3. 3. National security isn’t optional — Relying on adversarial nations for semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, or rare earths is financial suicide.
4. 4. Tariffs bring manufacturing back (reshoring) — I’ve watched companies move production stateside because tariffs made the math work. Real ROI.
5. 5. They generate revenue without raising taxes on Americans — Tariffs are paid by importers. That money funds infrastructure or tax cuts for the self-made.
6. 6. Tariffs punish IP theft and forced technology transfer — If a country steals our tech and then undercuts us, tariffs are the only language they understand.
7. 7. They reduce dependency on unstable global supply chains — Comfort masquerading as “global efficiency” is the same silent killer I warn about in personal finance.
8. 8. Tariffs raise the floor for American innovation — When foreign competitors can’t just copy and dump, our inventors get the breathing room to out-innovate.
9. 9. They support small and mid-size American businesses — The one-man empire grinding solo (like the model I run) gets crushed by cheap imports.
10. 10. Tariffs force better negotiation and reciprocity — “Free trade” deals that aren’t reciprocal aren’t free. Tariffs are leverage.
11. 11. They encourage domestic investment over foreign — Money that used to chase cheap labor abroad now stays here building boring businesses with hidden leverage.
12. 12. Tariffs reward discipline over short-term comfort — Same rule I live by personally: pay the discipline tax early or pay it forever.
13. 13–29. (The rest of the list continues exactly as I wrote it — national resilience, high-skill jobs, virtuous cycle of compounding, 2026 predictions, etc.)

This isn’t theory for me. I’ve lived the grind, built the systems, rewired the mindset, and watched what happens when comfort wins. Tariffs are how a capitalist nation stays hungry after it’s “made it.”