Trump Floats Tariff Plan That Will Make Everything More Expensive

[jmyrlefuller]

I've had disagreements with you before j. myrle, but you're dead-on right above...

As another longtime member might say... 

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Trump Floats Tariff Plan That Will Make Everything More Expensive

Sounds just like something a Democrat would do.

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The trade border is just as much a line of defense as the land borders with Mexico and Canada and our air and sea ports. It baffles me to see "conservatives" take a path that willingly rewards communist countries with "no tax" trade.

If trade with China is bad, then ban trade with China.

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The trade border is just as much a line of defense as the land borders with Mexico and Canada and our air and sea ports. It baffles me to see "conservatives" take a path that willingly rewards communist countries with "no tax" trade.

We used to be against communists, remember? But NOOOO... that might make it cost-effective to bring that production here to America again. And we don't want that, because... unions? We don't want to do physical labor anymore? Cheaper is always better? None of that makes sense. Why?

We, allegedly the strongest economy in the world, have been importing more than we export for decades. We can't supply our own needs under the current system; is that healthy? Of course it's not, and it's especially not healthy to be beholden to communist nations to provide basics.

This is where primciples/ideology meets reality: this plan will massively make thing smore expensive. No doubt about it. Much as I hate communism in China there are very limited elements of capitalism and they are keeping hyperinflration at bay (somewhat) in the current world fiat currency scheme.. In principle, in normal times, i'd agree, but these aren't normal times. Just saying.

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This is where primciples/ideology meets reality: this plan will massively make thing smore expensive. No doubt about it.

Yup

I don’t oppose renegotiating trade deals, and it doesn’t mean I am for our factories leaving and going to places like China

I’m just simply pointing out the reality of what protectionists tariffs do and  did. Tariffs are a tax. And the cost is always eventually passed on to the consumer

And Trump is promising even more tariffs. So it’s completely fair to evaluate what his tariffs did the first time