[Toddsterpatriot]

A $50 a barrel tax on oil, for example, isn't a tax on American citizens?

Not when they can buy American oil for $38.

American oil stays at $38 after foreign oil gets hit with a $50 tariff?

[central_va]

Since God decided where to put the oil ( under the middle east of all places ), I do not think putting a tariff on oil is a good idea. Tariffs should be reserved for MANUFACTURED goods only and not raw materials.

You keep bringing up oil like it is the same and manufactured goods. Why is that?

[DannyTN]

Nobody is contemplating a 125% tariff on oil except you.