re: U.S. businesses sue to block Trump tariffs, say trade deficits are not an emergency

Is there something missing in your analysis? Maybe governments one job, to protect Americans from a foreign enemy? In this situation of China pushing & supported theft of intellectual property, aggressive illegal trade practices and the knowledge of say fentanyl production & shipping out of Chinese ports. They had closed foreign full ownerships while allowing them access in America with the import tariffs of American goods if I believe 24 percent.

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I'd like some more detail on what law they propose that Trump is breaking here.

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Google "International Emergency Economic Powers Act"

From the lawsuit:

"This Court should declare the President's unprecedented power grab illegal, enjoin the operation of the executive actions that purport to impose these tariffs under the IEEPA [International Emergency Economic Powers Act] and reaffirm this country's core founding principle: there shall be no taxation without representation," the suit says.

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So what are tarrifs, moron?

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Taxes on your own consumers.

Less choice for your consumers.

More revenue for govt.


You're a Leftist.

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You're supporting central planning and calling others "leftist,"

Govt has no business in interfering with two businesses completing a transaction. Unless you're a socialist

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I only come here from time to time and sometimes I read your posts. I have managed not to respond to anything you have posted recently because there was a time when you were one of the better posters on this site.

But surely you cannot be this obtuse. The government protecting American workers and American businesses is not mentioned anywhere in the opening paragraph of the Socialist Handbook.

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Trump is trying to frick small business and prop up BigCorp Guess which direction he will cave?

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At least you have the talking points memorized.

This will not play out the way you think it will. But in the meanwhile, carry on with your TDS.

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Google "International Emergency Economic Powers Act"

From the lawsuit:

"This Court should declare the President's unprecedented power grab illegal, enjoin the operation of the executive actions that purport to impose these tariffs under the IEEPA [International Emergency Economic Powers Act] and reaffirm this country's core founding principle: there shall be no taxation without representation," the suit says.

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I wasn't aware that the president had to formally declare an emergency before enacting tariffs. I always thought that it was part of the executive branches constitutional powers.

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You're supporting central planning

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Wait, I thought you believed tariffs are taxes? You view taxes as central planning?

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At least you have the talking points memorized.

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I dont listen to influencers like yourself.

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If Trump were smart (he's not) he would tariff FINISHED products and not tariff components, like our founding fathers believed.

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But he's not smart enough to understand that

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Surely you cant be this ignorant.

Trump is trying to frick small business and prop up BigCorp Guess which direction he will cave?

You guessed it. BIgCorp

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You have become every bit as delusional as the folks telling us women can be men. Any amount of time or mental energy spent on discourse with you is wasted.

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They are. Do you understand what central planning is? Evidently not.

Its Statism.

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If you view them as taxes, then you should view them exactly like you view any other federal taxes. Unless you are advocating for the elimination of all federal taxes, which I fully support, you are contradicting yourself.