The chart paints a stark picture of the U.S. government’s growing debt under a fiat currency system, where money is created by government decree rather

Inflation and taxes directly impact your income, creating a gap between nominal wages (the actual amount on your paycheck) and real wages (the purchasing power

The analysis compares three income trajectories under a hypothetical tariff-only tax model: Actual Wage, Simulated Income with Inflation Adjustment, and Simulated Income without Inflation Adjustment.