You can't vote in these required massive expenses for US companies and say these regulations and laws are important! You have to follow them!.... But only if you are US based companies. Non-US based companies need not apply to these massive costs we're handi-capping US companies with because we've determined they are very important to (Labor, environment, ____).
It's hypocritical to say these regulations are so important we're going to require them...but then let any company of any size complete skirt them by going overseas and completely cutting out the US labor and environmental regulations. I'm not demanding other countries adopt - that's what a tariff is for - besides a tariff on outsiders makes far more sense than taxing the US base - more than half of our budget was paid for the first 130 years of the country by tariffs. It's similar to hotel taxes. Why tax your citizens first when people visiting from out of town can just pay a massive hotel tax to cover a lot of the burden. We're doing the opposite with just 1% of our income coming from tariffs - which is roughly a 1% tax on imports. Why do we tax US companies 35% and even Trump's plan is only 15% but tax imports at 1%? Makes no sense.
Tariff on outsiders? If the Feds placed a $50 a barrel tariff on imported oil, who would pay the tax?
I didn't say they were important. Big government did. I hate big government. So instead of taxing Americans more, when they are already overtaxed, I would demand that government be forced to confiscate less of our money. At the same time I would argue that government should have much less influence over what free people freely choose to purchase, and who they choose to purchase from.
...but then let any company of any size complete skirt them by going overseas and completely cutting out the US labor and environmental regulations.
Instead of making American consumers pay more, and allowing government to take more of our money while becoming more powerful, perhaps we should reduce the size and scope of government so our industries can better compete. That sounds like a conservative solution to me.