Tariffs

Of course there are rational applications of tariffs. Tariffs can be used to protect domestic specific industries. For example, we could impose a tariff on imported shrimp to drive its price up to protect the viability of the Gulf shrimpers. Other tariffs could protect domestic wages for labor intensive products.

Today’s announcement of 10% on every import from everywhere is irrational. It’s just a tax with no policy purpose.

And liberals don’t “hate tariffs.” Actually, free market capitalists hate tariffs. Liberals do however understand that Trump’s tariff policies are irrational and will do more harm than good.

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I know the libs hate the tariffs

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LOL, 30 years ago the Dems were all about stopping the offshoring of manufacturing and industry. What Trump is doing is exactly what they were advocating. Hell, pull up some of the YouTube videos of Bernie Sanders railing against illegal immigration. The Dems used to stand for the working man. What happened?

Ambassador Greer Issues Statement on Supreme Court IEEPA Decision

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The Supreme Court’s decision today affects one element of the Administration’s successful work to reorient the global trading system to benefit American workers and businesses. President Trump’s use of the International Economic Emergency Powers Act (“IEEPA”) was a necessary and appropriate tool to quickly and flexibly address major challenges originating from outside the United States, including the fentanyl, immigration, and trade deficit crises........

The Supreme Court’s decision today addresses the constitutionality of only President Trump’s Reciprocal and Fentanyl Tariffs. Extensive tariffs that President Trump has imposed pursuant to other statutory authorities will remain in place. For example, existing Section 301 tariffs on China range from 7.5 percent to 100 percent, depending on the product, and existing sectoral Section 232 tariffs range from 10 percent to 50 percent, depending on the product. These measures cover 30 percent of existing U.S. imports.

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Next year when we don’t have to pay income taxes I’ll remember all the panicans

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I know the libs hate the tariffs but I know they'd hate the cure for cancer if he came up with it. I pay more attention to social issues than economic. I know Biden kept some of Trumps tariffs on China after pitching about them. Are there legitimate arguments against them or do they just hate them because he did them? Tia

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Libs hate everything, they are miserable godless people.

I was unaware Biden made any decisions last term.

Trump could give all the liberals $100,000 and they would fricking complain they had to pay for the postage just because he directed it.

They have a mental illness. It’s very widespread and honestly similar things have happened before in history.

These people suck harder than Kevin Spacey at a 97’ Backstreet Boys concert

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This is what happens when you are retarded enough to think you can overcome tax cut/globalized capital revenue losses via Tariffs, after you have already spent the last 3 decades plus shipping the industrial base to Asia for cheap labor access, subsidizing the development of your rivals who no longer need you as a market

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It's too hard to make the country more prosperous and secure, so we shouldn't even try.

So many soft as frick people in this country.

Initially there was no income tax . The federal government was funded by tariffs……

Eliminate fraud and we can get back to that….

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Next year when we don’t have to pay income taxes

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