“Do you really want the government to tell you what price you have to pay for a new car?”
You just mean “Do I want government to tell me what the tariff will be on a Mercedes or BMW or some other car not manufactured in the US”.
I EXPECT them to. It’s part of their job.
Not according to the Constitution, it’s not. There is nothing in the document which claims that Price Controls are a job for government.
Because of free trade the Mercedes and BMW are manufactured here. And Toyota, and Honda, and Hyundai, and Mazda. Maybe Rolls-Royces are not but it is hard to find a company which doesn’t have manufacturing operations here.
Also because of FT US companies have production operations in countries across the globe.
These are all beneficial to the entire economy.