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Central to the escalating costs faced by American consumers are the tariffs imposed by the U.S., primarily under the auspices of bringing jobs back home. Although marketed as beneficial, these tariffs increase the prices of imported goods and, paradoxically, can lead to job losses. Take the case of washing machines—a significant increase in tariffs resulted in an average cost of $815,000 for each job created in production, highlighting a counterproductive outcome of attempting to protect domestic jobs at the cost of the broader economy.