Posted on 05/15/2019 8:56:44 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The Koch brothers’ — the billionaire plutocrats and GOP mega-donors — network of organizations are railing against President Trump’s tariffs on China to protect American workers and U.S. industry. This month, Trump hiked tariffs to 25 percent on about $200 billion worth of Chinese manufactured goods. Trump has also ordered trade officials to begin reviewing the process of increasing tariffs to 25 percent on an additional $300 billion worth of Chinese goods.
In the wake of the latest round of tariffs, the Koch brothers’ organizations like the Americans for Prosperity (AFP) and the Libre Initiative demand that the Trump administration carry out an agenda focused on free trade, as the Bush and Obama administrations did.
AFP President Tim Phillips said that instead of protecting American industries by slapping tariffs on foreign manufacturers and imports, the Trump administration should eliminate all tariffs:
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Tariffs UP.
Income Taxes DOWN.
Property Taxes DOWN.
Sales Taxes DOWN.
Toll Roads DOWN.
High Tariffs ease pressure on domestic taxes.
This is the SOLE BENEFIT of Tariffs.
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Free Trade is NOT a two way street.
A free country, U.S., CANNOT trade freely with a SLAVE State. Otherwise, you also become a slave.
Print your tee shirts in your shop right next to a slave tee shirt shop. What happens to your business? It dies. You die.
Slaves makes poor quality junk. Period.
American slaves excelled at agricultural production.
At every plantation there were skilled carpenters at work producing all sorts of things made from wood. There is evidence that a Maryland slave designed and produced a very special wheel chair for the mistress of the house.
and on an on
Yep. I’m more concerned with the never ending flood of cheap labor via H1b visas and similar programs. But allowing China and others to screw us over on trade deals for political reasons (to show “leadership” or to encourage China to become more capitalist and free) is a fool’s errand. Others just take advantage of us and screw over the American worker. We’ve long since had enough.
Kuck the Fochs!
Me thinks they are heavily invested in China and anywhere else that has a huge trade inbalance
Follow the money!
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