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Dear Libertarians: Trade Deficits Matter
American Greatness ^ | January 13, 2019 | Spencer P Morrison

Posted on 01/13/2019 1:32:25 PM PST by Thalean

Steve Hanke recently set out to prove “why President Trump’s trade message and protectionist policies are rubbish” in a Forbes article. Instead, the Johns Hopkins University economist exposed himself as a word-mincing, logic-twisting sophist—just like every other intellectual mercenary associated with the faux-libertarian propaganda mill that is the Cato Institute.

Hanke’s argument: trade deficits don’t exist, China is not screwing America, and President Trump (the village idiot) is jousting windmills. The real problem is lazy Americans who shop-til-they-drop and demand welfare “gimmies” from Uncle Sam.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: abortion; boycotts; donaldtrump; economics; incometaxes; liberalterians; libertarians; medicalmarijuana; sanctions; tariffs; taxcutsandjobsact; taxreform; tcja; trade; tradedeficit

1 posted on 01/13/2019 1:32:26 PM PST by Thalean
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To: Thalean

Libertarians = LOSERTARIANS


2 posted on 01/13/2019 1:36:40 PM PST by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENTLY)
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To: Thalean

Instead of pointing fingers, why don’t we just do this:

Unleash real freedom and real liberty on the productive and law abiding American; under a government that adhers to the spirit as well as the letter of the Constitution.

Everything else will take care of itself.


3 posted on 01/13/2019 1:49:53 PM PST by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: Thalean

Ancaps and neoliberals aren’t libertarians.


4 posted on 01/13/2019 1:51:19 PM PST by thoughtomator (Nobody is coming to save the day)
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To: Thalean

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5 posted on 01/13/2019 1:51:49 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Thalean
Mr. Hankey, I have a huge trade deficit with my local grocery store.


6 posted on 01/13/2019 2:21:32 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Larry Lucido; Thalean

You posting nazis are really annoying...


7 posted on 01/13/2019 3:16:40 PM PST by aquila48
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To: Thalean

Dear Blog Pimp,

Why do you excerpt your own blog? Do you have a click-bait deficit with FR or are you so enamored of vile, hysterical ranting you are compelled to parade it before others?


8 posted on 01/13/2019 3:29:58 PM PST by sparklite2 (Don't mind me. I'm just a contrarian.)
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To: House Atreides

They are not libertarians. They are globalist libertines.


9 posted on 01/14/2019 12:01:52 AM PST by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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