Posted on 12/03/2014 12:14:10 PM PST by jyro
Why not put 100% tariffs on all products?
Free minds.
Free markets.
The capacity of many people diminishes as they age. I'm sorry this has happened for you.
If demand decreases for a manufactured good due to a tariff then the number of workers need to produce these tariffed products decreases. So yes it hurts the working man, the working man of a FOREIGN COUNTRY. It has no effect on Americans.
NO COUNTRY OR EMPIRE EVER OFFSHORED THEIR WAY TO PROSPERITY AMIGO.
And no free lunch.
Not for US corn producers, not for US oil producers, not for the UAW, and certainly not for Wall Street.
Using all caps will not make your position more sensible.
There is one difference. If the government supports *patriotic* companies over *non-patriotic* companies, it is acceptable.
This means companies that have American employees, pay American taxes, and use American raw materials as *part* of their selling in the American market, are worth supporting.
Multinational corporations, that do not support America in any way, try to change American law to support internationalism at the expense of the American people, strongly advocate amnesty for illegal aliens to get themselves the cheapest possible labor; otherwise outsource for cheap labor, undercut American businesses by market manipulation, and sell restricted products to belligerent dictators and America’s enemies; and finally, support foreign government’s efforts to suppress human rights and liberties. Screw these companies.
The one thing America has that they want is unlimited access to our markets. Other than that, as far as they are concerned, America can go to hell.
This doesn’t mean that government should raise their taxes. They don’t pay taxes of any kind now, so zero times whatever is still zero.
What needs to be done is to tell them that they *cannot* sell in America’s markets unless they support America in many ways. Think of it as a trade embargo.
Yeah, the US has signed free trade treaties. These same nasty corporations pushed hard for that. But treaties can be rewritten or abrogated.
As far as I know you can use tarrifs to protect targeted industries but because there is retaliation the net effect is a wash or a negative.
If it’s country specific, maybe, otherwise it’s just a hit on Canada. We already use almost 50% of our own oil.
What are you talking about? Oil companies doing business in the US, including importation activities, pay taxes on their US operations.
You are making a great mistake wanting the federal government to go farther in picking the winners and losers of competing industries.
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.'
- Ronald Reagan
“I used to believe the free trade crapola you are purveying....”
You either believe in free-trade or government control trade (Communism). I prefer freedom. Communism is crap.
“because there is retaliation the net effect is a wash or a negative.”
Only if tariffs are not used across the board. The US is an economic powerhouse. If we rely on foreign trade instead of domestic trade then we are a country without borders and that is no country at all. Might as well not have a country.
Umm...across the board tarrifs. Sounds pretty grim.
"Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares and merchandise:"[1]
Free Traders are the 21 century Tories, globull bootlickers all.
Higher prices are not a “win.” Not only would you pay more at the pump, but also for everything you buy.
But, in general, the protective system of our day is conservative, while the free trade system is destructive. It breaks up old nationalities and pushes the antagonism of the proletariat and the bourgeoisie to the extreme point. In a word, the free trade system hastens the social revolution. It is in this revolutionary sense alone, gentlemen, that I vote in favor of free trade.
Karl Marx 1848
Dude, if you want to pay more for gas, just give the gas station an extra fin every time you fill up. Think of the jobs you’ll be creating.
So you agree with Marx? Not surprising.
Personally I think that being dogmatic about free trade is stupid but so is being dogmatic about mercantilism and using silly childish insults doesn't help your cause.
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