The argument makes no sense for reasons I have explained. A tariff is us shooting ourselves in the foot. Mexico need not do the same thing.
What are you willing to give up for the “best price”. Because currently we’re giving up our country.
Who is taking away our country? Mexico? NO!! It is the the federal government. Why are businesses fleeing from America? Is it because of Mexico? NO!! It is because of the federal government.
Business rightly look for the most favorable environment to do business in which means finding where is the lowest cost environment. COST is the whole issue with business and the federal government continues to drive business costs through the roof. The reason businesses are fleeing the country is because of high federal taxes, federal minimum wage, suffocating dead-end federal regulations, and federal protection of unions. Tariffs do NOTHING to address these root causes and in fact make matters worse. Government's interference in the economy to "fix" an economic problem government caused in the first place always make matters worse.
Government causes the problem and then asks what how much quality of life are YOU willing to give up for government to interfere even more with the economy they themselves have screwed up in the first place. The answer is, No I am unwilling to give up my quality of life - it is way past time for government to give up government's quality of life.
Well said. The area around the Beltway is far wealthier than the rest of the country. I lived in Arlington VA from 1977-1981- my house doubled in price in that long ago time. It would probably be worth two million now. The government salaries are so inflated compared with the private sector and the benefits so very generous. Stop this theft and decrease the size of the federal government.