Posted on 03/12/2018 10:25:15 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Heritage Foundation aka Globalist GOP Open Borders dirtbags. Amnesty Slimeballs.
Not exactly true. The goal is to balance trade...ie, fair trade by squeezing competing economies to reduce there current unfair tariffs and practices. With a long term view, it is better to fight to win and make the enemy surrender.
This from the free trader folks who told us that NAFTA and all the trade agreements since would open up new markets to American made products and create new jobs in America. And, for the few middle aged factory workers who might lose their jobs, why, they’d retrained for the high tech, high paying jobs of the future.
These folks have probably told more lies since the NAFTA debate forward than any other identifiable group of Americans other than Democrat politicians.
Yes, the tarrifs were just announced. Are they trying to say there has already been firings???
The “analysis” assumes facts not in evidence.
Trump set up the tariffs to be implemented at his discretion on a country by country basis.
It is a TOOL to with which to manage trade.
American made screws, you mean the kind that don’t strip their heads when you apply force? Hmmmmm? Its still worth the tariff to get nails that don’t bend when you hammer them into wood and make wrench sockets that don’t strip or break when trying to loosen a nut.
Color me stunned.
“according to an analysis from a group that advocates free trade.”
So a study commissioned by an advocacy group, found results that exactly match what the advocacy group wants to hear????
Shocking I tell you, shocking.
I got an update from a local powdercoating company that I deal with every so often.
They are raising prices 10% across the board because of the tariff.
Eventually I hope to have my own capability.
There is other stuff that is higher priority.
Based on a computer model that is almost as accurate as the climate model that says we went under water in 2010.
This is a joke, right?
Disinformation from the same folks (traitors) that gave us NAFTA, GATT, and have been pushing TPP.....
.....the GOPe class of folks who live so well off Wall Street investments know practically nothing about the meaning of having the opportunity of earning a living through having a real blue collar job.....
The born with a silver spoon in their mouth, PREPPY CLASS have controlled this country far too long......
I dont believe this.
If raising taxes on foreign goods does this, imagine how much worse it is when income taxes are raised. Now, you know we have virtually no tariffs, so, imagine if the roles were reversed and we had virtually no income tax and we had a 30% tariffwould that not be a much better life for all?
Marxist Mob and/or Globalist rat propaganda.
There are no countries that have free trade.
You can argue tariffs are inflationary but you cannot argue that it will cost jobs. That is so stupid as to be not worth commenting on.
Maybe we should import EVERYTHING and then we would have full employment!! //sarcasm
You can argue tariffs are inflationary buy you cannot argue that it will cost jobs. That is so stupid as to be not worth commenting on.
Maybe we should import EVERYTHING and then we would have full employment!! //sarcasm
With this logic if we stop making anything and import everything we will be in economic nirvana and full employment!
>>The analysis misses the fact that free trade cost 5 jobs for every one gained by tariffs, precisely the reverse.
The Free Trade Globalistas like to cite the fact that new jobs replace lost manufacturing jobs.
Of course, economic theory and the federal government agree that no net job losses is true even when a $60k/yr career with benefits is replaced by a part-time job at a convenience store.
Stop with those facts, you globalists, socialist, negative nellie. Trump has got this, now shut and follow along you. Trump's assumption that we have 100's of thousands of ex steelworkers just waiting around and steel companies with billions in capital just ready to purchase equipment and ramp up production. We have neither, so what it's job training and low interest loans to the steel industry? See the slippery slope? Call me cynical but this was a political move if I ever saw one. Please save me the pieties about "What about defense capability and the ability to purchase materials?". We have enough steel making capabilities to make more than enough tanks, Humvees and artillery pieces. this is a bad move and historical data has proven without a shadow of doubt that in the long run leads to trade wars and overall raising prices of consumer durables and other goods. Petulant politics usually leads to unforeseen consequences.
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