As opposed to rules that force them too?
Posted on 09/11/2011 9:57:14 AM PDT by tsowellfan
To the extent any Republicans support “free trade”, it’s a valid criticism.
What we should initiate, is significant import tariffs.
I suggest 100%. This would almost exactly raise enough tariff dollars to replace the entire US federal tax system. Income taxes, all of it.
Tariffs. It’s how America originally worked. We seem to have become a global superpower back then.
Import tariffs.
Across the board. One rate. No loopholes. No exceptions. Everything imported into America.
Of course since import tariffs are on ... imports, this would mean zero taxes on anything made, grown or drilled out of the ground right here in the United States of America.
Jobs would start blossoming across America, immediately, to compete with the now less competitive imported prices...
American companies would no longer find “outsourcing” to be attractive, nor profitable. Products invented in the United States, would NOT be made in China - rather things invented in America would create jobs in America.
America first.
As opposed to rules that force them too?
That would be a great idea... if only we exported anything besides Maine Lobsters and California Oranges.
I think we're in much deeper trouble than you know.
Oh I know.
That is why I am suggesting a solution.
I agree with you about import duties. Although many here and elsewhere in conservative circles have bought into the “free trade” mantra. I believe in free trade within the US, and possibly among the most faithful of allies, but managed, bi-lateral trading agreements with everyone else. The best way for us to restore our economy to starting making stuff here again.
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projection, camrade obama.
you project your evil onto others.
And this is a "race to the top."
Everything about this President is racial.
The only group that supports this President via a majority in polling data is African-Americans. We are in "reparations" territory, and Obama will keeps the spigot open until the well runs completely dry. Period.
Bill Clinton wants a race to the bottom.
0bama already won that race.
“..Wait a minute - you are driving we are in the back of the bus!”
Exactly. Someone explain to president Stupid that if the FIRST stimulus of $700 billion did NOT work, what are the chances another $500 billion will???
Go back to Kenya, you klown!
This jug eared semi-Kenyan spouts whatever buzz words and platitudes make him seem intelligent and sophisticated. He’s just reading off scripts fed into his teleprompter. Other than that he hasn’t a clue. He has never lived in or participated in the real world of labor, production and commerce nor have most of his appointments who are academics and apparatchiks who have been in Gov’t all their “working” life
The republicans can should take tax cuts and make them permanent.. (as possible)..
With savings to many other programs.. like energy, health and welfare.. and agriculture and some changes to military spending..
The military should bring home all (by a few) personnel in Japan, Korea and Europe.. and maybe Iraq...
They could one up the POTUS in several ways.. then let the Potus VETO THAT...
Call it Cut and Cap revisited... with another name...
Even just reading the words, ugh....!
It would be hard to beat Obama in a race to the bottom.
WAKE UP AMERICA!!
OBAMA is no different than the 911 HIGHJACKERS.....he's a MUSLIM TERRORIST who has Highjacked the government and is flying the FIFTH AIRPLANE into our economy.
DOWN WITH OBAMA NOW!!
#1 MUSLIM TERRORIST!!
If it has a price tag, it's not paid for. If it's paid for, then the price tag is $0.
poof, gray big time.. or just the lighting?
Ah yes Barack, we get it, Republicans want to KILL KIDS!!! Republicans want to THROW OLD PEOPLE OFF CLIFFS!!! Republicans want to POISON EVERYBODY!!! AAAAAARGH!!!
NO FRICKING WAY!!
At the beginning of the 1929 stock market crash - things got bad ....but Congress (Republicans - Smoot and Hawley) pushed for a Trade/Tariff bill “to protect our companies from foreign imports”.
Well - the other countries retaliated with similar tariffs - and the result made bad things FAR FAR WORSE.
At present, the US is the biggest seller of goods to foreign markets - but - we buy an awful lot from other countries.
Now ...maybe “selective” equivalent tariffs ...i.e. -tell China that we will have tariffs to match any/all tariffs that they put on our products coming into China. AND -tell China that we will have big time fines for their failure to protect intellectual property (i.e. - no more software theft...no more building/selling products that violate US patents, etc.
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