re: Tariffs I urge caution

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I would support high tariffs if they replaced the pillaging income tax.

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... and that's the problem. The income tax won't be replaced. So, not only will you be paying more for consumer goods, you'll still be paying the same rate in taxes on your income.

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Is there a TLDR version?

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Op is a Mexican with great hair that is afraid of being deported because if left to his own devices would only walk in circles.

New Trade Analysis Shows Longevity of President Trump’s Tariffs Diminishing Chinese Imports – China fell from 21.6% of U.S. imports in 2017 to 16.5% in 2022

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I would support high tariffs

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Tax on the working class.

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i am even willing to pay more for American jobs and to prevent dumping. other countries have tariffed us for ages.

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1000%. It’s time for America to benefit Americans and not a bunch of 3rd world despots.

OP confirmed as I B Freeman.

When you have the Chinese setting up shop right over the board so they can make there car cheap in Mexico and drive it right over the boarder. Then absolutely tariff the frick out if it.
They built this factory in Mexico to sell the electric cars to the US market not transport to Asia or Europe.
They are a threat to us auto industry.

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1000%. It’s time for America to benefit Americans

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Taxing your workers to support corporations that will invariably automate is not looking out for America.

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A lot of Americans want to punch themselves. It's the darndest thing.

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Fair share ... fair share ... fair share.

aka "From each according to his ability. To each according to his need."

I agree that tariffs in a general sense raise prices. This is impossible to logically argue against.

The reason we aren't in a pure Adam Smith Wealth of Nations argument is one of national security imo. We've sold our souls to China for cheap everything.

China, our chief world threat, has become absolutely critical to our supply chains across all industries. This should never have been so. But, it is so because both Reps and Dems are owned by corporate interests that want cheap supply. That's understandable if you're a corporate type. But, it's inexcusable if you're charged with guarding the security and sovereignty of our country.

So, I look at it moreso as a reclaiming of our own supply chain from China, a country acting daily upon us with state-sponsored cyber attacks, among many other things.

One example of the constant coordinated attacks China aims at our key infrastructure. Pretty nefarious.
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