Conservatives have long warned that overreaching tariffs burden American businesses, and now the fallout is clear: $166 billion in unconstitutional tariff collections are finally up for refund, but small businesses—already crushed by bureaucratic red tape—may be left behind in the scramble. U.S. Customs and Border Protection opened an electronic refund portal this week, yet the process risks favoring big players with legal teams over the mom-and-pop importers who can’t navigate the system. This isn’t just bad policy; it’s a political failure that punishes the backbone of our economy. This debacle underscores why limited government must be our north star—when federal overreach imposes punitive tariffs, it violates the principles of free markets and individual liberty. The Constitution grants Congress the power to regulate commerce, not to cripple it with arbitrary burdens that defy original intent. Federalism demands that such policies respect the states’ diverse economic needs, not crush them under a one-size-fits-all mandate. Let this be a wake-up call: government must shrink, not strangle, the entrepreneurial spirit that built America.