[1rudeboy]

Yup, just selfish: I failed to grasp right away how you, and the federal government, can solve our country's economic ills by raising my taxes, whether on an import I buy or indirectly when the import's domestic competitor raises its own price as a result.*

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*Economic Myth #19 explained

[Cheap_Hessian]

That’s the key point. The federal government cannot pick winners and losers which includes our manufacturing sector. Our manufactures need to operate in a better economic climate through lower taxes, deregulation, and a more liquid labor market.

Protectionism squashes innovation, frugality, and creativity.

[Toddsterpatriot]

I failed to grasp right away how you, and the federal government, can solve our country's economic ills by raising my taxes, whether on an import I buy or indirectly when the import's domestic competitor raises its own price as a result.*

Wait one minute!

Next you'll claim that a 100% tariff on imported oil will raise the cost of our domestic oil.

Learn some economics, sheesh.

[DannyTN]

Competition between domestic competitors will keep prices low.
The domestic competitor will only raise it’s price if it’s the only domestic competitor.