Melissa in the Morning: Kill the “Can Tax”

It doesn’t take a genius to tell you things are really expensive today. From gas prices to groceries, we need financial relief not just in Connecticut but across the country. Have you ever thought about the impact of ending the can tax? A recent op-ed discusses that in USA Today, written by Phil Kerpen. Kerpen is the president of American Commitment and a leading free-market policy analyst, nationally syndicated columnist and author.

To read the op-ed: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2026/04/09/iran-war-steel-trump-tariffs-cost-groceries/89451506007/