[Cringing Negativism Network]

I’d say not taxing imports, and not protecting our markets, is a very big part of our problem.

It’s working very well for China.

Which does both.

China is profoundly protectionist.

As are most Asian countries.

Japan. Korea. Taiwan. You think you can just sell American exported goods to any of them?

Wake the heck up people.

We’re like the sl_t of the entire world, giving it all away for free. Yes, America is a trade sl_t.

Time to say “no”. Have some self respect!

For once in our giving it away, lives.

“No”.

I know it’s hard. Try it once ... “No”.

Pay a tariff.

A big tariff to start, until we get this mess turned around.

America first.

[Impy]

That last thing we need is more taxes. Taxes will be passed on the consumer.

Our problems are unions, taxes, regulations, unions, taxes, stupid children because of horrible union-run public schools, and unions. We had a depression once, it was made much worse by the knee-jerk passage of a new tariff bill.

If domestic manufacturers are concerned about competing with cheaper foreign goods they need to either

A)Make better stuff to justifty the higher cost
B)Make the products cheaper, like by getting rid of union labor

the answer is not C) Have the goverment tax their competitors for them.

[Mr. Jeeves]

High import tariffs will immediately wipe out half the small businesses in America, who rely on low-cost imports to achieve any profit margin at all. Not a single tariff advocate ever considers this angle, bedazzled as they are by illusions of the gleaming factories and middle-class workers of the 1950's springing back to life. But businesses are built on today's realities, not yesterday's fantasies. Make a change as drastic as imposing high tariffs and more disruption will result than came from off-shoring in the first place.

On the other hand, the tariffs might create a few dues-paying union factory jobs at Chrysler.

Sounds like a win-win for the Obama Administration. :)