In its 2026 fiscal year budget proposal released in May, the Interior Department estimated that such a surcharge would generate more than $90 million annually.
It’s actually getting kind of hard to think of new, stupider ways to ruin the economy and raise the cost of living. Parody is getting close to being indistinguishable from reality.
Blanket tariffs for goods with low domestic production? Done.
Imprisoning laborers who do domestic farming? Yes.
Deporting legal, tax-paying noncitizens? Yep.
Pissing off citizens of countries that contribute significantly to local tourism? Indeed.
Asking potential tourists to pay extra for the privilege of visiting a to-be-sold-for-industrial-logging park? Why not.
Cutting healthcare and replacing it with a bonus for the 0.001%? Might as well!
It’s actually getting kind of hard to think of new, stupider ways to ruin the economy and raise the cost of living. Parody is getting close to being indistinguishable from reality.