[neutrino]

I wholly agree with the tariffs. We need to keep American products competitive, and that is simply impossible when competing with countries employing slave labor. If anything, those price hikes aren't high enough.

Well said. Economic patriotism demands that we protect American jobs.

[Lurker]

Do the names Smoot or Hawley mean anything to you?

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[willyd]

Your "Economic Patriotism" will put this country into another depression. All tariffs do is erode your purchasing power and cause inflation. Do you really think that American companies will keep their prices lower on goods? Of course not, they will raise their prices to just under the 27.5% tariff that the Chinese (really the American consumer) will be paying. So now prices are up across the board. Your dollar just turned into 68 cents. It will take you roughly six years at 4% raises per year to reach the buying power that you had before the tariff.

[bert]

Economic patriotism is an oxymoron.

Economics is economics and patriotism is patriotism.