Posted on 04/23/2025 4:48:10 AM PDT by RandFan
Man... The level of radical extremism is off the charts in this one... You didn’t follow in lockstep so you are being stoned and burned at the stake here. The purist hate is strong...
But with that said I think Rand is wrong with this one. His intentions to be a fiscal conservative and free trade are well meant, but he is not looking far enough down the road with true cause and effect.
First he is not taking into account that the other countries ARE NOT practicing free trade with us in the first place. His argument would be sound if they were, but they are not. The tariffs are only leveling the field and reclaiming back some of what the other countries are already charging us.
I honestly hope Trump’s plan does not work. The best thing that could happen to this country is to crash and force a kicking over of the money changer’s tables... It is inevitable anyhow when operate on a credit economy. Sooner or later it fails anyhow so let’s get it over with and folks might respect cash on the barrel head once again rather than spend money they actually do not have.
test...
Free Traitors™ suck.
Okay... Now I am REALLY confused!!! lol...
Respond just like I showed you.
It worked. Get it?
Test™
test©
they are text icons... no code necessary... I get it now...
Trump is a president not a King. A big difference and his wings will get clipped every now and then. Rand is otherwise loyal and probably votes 90% of the time for his stuff. He’s no TDS merchant...
& copy ; than & #169; is COPYRIGHT
There can be room for some opposition ?
China is a great place to travel and study!
And I forgive you for your bigotry.
Oh I’m well aware of his years of consistency, same with Ron. And he has voted to help Trump much more than harm him. But around here the baby immediately gets thrown out with the bath water if it doesn’t march absolutely lockstep. You should know that. When he supports Trump he is golden and praised, when he doesn’t he is burned at the stake.
He's become the new McCain. Nothing more, nothing less. He's an embarrassment.
If congress controlled tariffs, negotiations, reciprocal tariffs, emergency measures would be seriously compromised. There wouldn’t be the flexibility needed to keep up with changing circumstances.
Just think about the influence foreign governments would attempt to apply in Congressional districts?
The ability to control tariffs is similar to the president’s role in conducting foreign policy and war.
Thus is more useless grandstanding which will go nowhere.
They’ve got to stop wasting time her and do the budget and tax cuts.
A RINO is often duplicitous and consistently betraying you
I would say Rand does not exhibit such behavior just on tariffs the last few weeks and he often praises Trump on many other things.
Rand is a free trade absolutist who is willing to sacrifice fair trade on the altar of free trade.
So what exactly is Rand’s plan to ‘level the playing field’ and get tariffs removed or reduced against us?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.