Casey Carlisle (@UncleNap)

But brace yourself, as we haven’t yet reached the height of absurdity. The Coast Guard squanders a billion to “maintain the flow of maritime commerce”—patting itself on the back for allegedly ensuring “America’s economic prosperity”—while the U.S. president requires Americans to spend many more billions, impairing the flow of maritime commerce. And here the follies join hands at the altar of profligacy: one branch performs an unnecessary function while another branch of the same tree further wastes what is already wasteful. https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2025/12/03/we_can_have_the_us_coast_guard_or_tariffs_not_both_1150756.html