[central_va]

To now say that we need a trillion-dollar infrastructure program, to now say that we need to further regulate our economy, which is heavily regulated with over 12,000 tariffs, to now say that that's what the working men and women of America need? That that's what's going to give us the shot in the arm to create American jobs? This will be disastrous, as it always has been, as it always will be.

Free Traitor™ lies. We may have hundreds maybe thousands of tariffs on the books but the rates are set so low( Thank you K Street. /sarc) that the USA collects about 1% in duties on imports. 1%. A big nothing burger.

The fact is O "Great One", we need more consumption based income including tariff income and less income from income taxes. Not only do tariffs raise revenue, tariffs have another advantage over income taxes because they are not progressive in any way. Some say they are even mildly regressive. Tariffs also promote domestic industry. Thank me.

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What does tariffs only accounting for 1% of revenue have to do with ANYTHING?? The real destructive nature of tariffs is in the barriers it puts up to trades in the first place. C’mon man ... this is 8th grade economics.