Amazon plans to show customers exactly how much Trump's tariffs inflate their shopping bills. The move sparked immediate backlash from the White House, marking a dramatic shift in the previously warming relationship between Trump and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

"Goldman Sachs predicts the trade war could slash Amazon's operating profits by $5-10 billion this year."

So, a silver lining there.

It makes complete sense to show this. Visitors from other countries are often shocked when they shop here because they see the price of goods on the shelf and then get to the checkout and find out they're having to pay more because taxes are added on top of that price. The reason for doing that is to make it painfully obvious how much tax you're paying.

A tariff is just a tax placed on the other end. It makes complete sense to see all of the government middlemen getting a cut when you're simply trying to purchase a product. The idea is people should be demanding more from the taxes that they're paying or being more involved in the electoral process to get people into office that provide them the representation they want. It hasn't really worked with taxes that get added on, so I suspect that this will have a short-term outcry and then it will become the new normal.

We collectively have such short-term memories that the new normal becomes something we accept and do not question anymore.