Tariffs are bad

Rogerthecucker will now say tariffs good

IBChinaman: Trump tariffs bad. Same Biden tariffs good.

Tariffs are bad.

How about you? Good?

I don't know enough about tariffs and how they affect large complicated economies to debate them.

But I do recognize double standards when I see them.

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Only the Govt and Producers benefit from tariffs.

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Democrats hate tariffs because they would rather see the demise of domestic industry and put those employees on the welfare roles to grow government and make sure those employees are dependent upon government. That's a Democrat vote for life.

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But I do recognize double standards when I see them.

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Biden loves tariffs. Trump loves tariffs.

Where is the double standard?

Seriously, the appropriate level of tariffs can be put on imports that impact national security.

For example, tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum is a good idea. The debate should be over the level of tariff. In times of war we don't want to depend on China for steel to build our ships and aluminum to build our air force.

I would consider tariffs on pharmaceuticals too. China has us by the balls when in comes to pharmaceuticals. And pharma is extremely automated. It's not like you would be saving that many U.S. jobs. The goal here would be to enhance national security on the medical front.

Another industry that needs some from of protection is semi conductors. As it stands now we have to defend Taiwan because they control the majority of semiconductor production. So we either pay on the defense side or the tariff side. Regardless, we pay.

Look at the screenshot. Post up when CNN says Biden is going to cause economic destruction.

I remember Biden criticizing Trump on this topic during the 2020 campaign. The media has been all over the place too.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2020/08/06/biden-says-he-will-end-trumps-tariffs-on-chinese-made-goods/?sh=3efbe142523a

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Tariffs are bad for the consumer

Make the govt feel good about themselves.

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They give the government an enormous power, so of course they feel good about themselves.

As a politician, the problem with taking tariffs off the negotiation table from the get-go because the Cato Institute and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce paid you to be ideologically against tariffs is, you are removing a trade negotiating tool from your negotiating toolbox.

Anyone that is ideologically against tariffs will likely get rolled by China or any European country on trade deals screwing over the American people but probably making U.S. Chamber of Commerce multinational corporate members really happy.