Interesting concept
Free Trade or Tariffs ping
Left out was that FDR in his first term had tariffs as well.
There can no true Free Trade will of these groups that pretend they promote such. I say we get out of the WTO, G8, and NAFTA to start with.
I’m a Trump supporter but from what I’ve read, Cato is right and you are right for posting this.
Tariffs and protectionism are not only exercises in futility but typical examples of how a country shoots itself in the foot.
Tariffs and protectionism do not address the underlying causes of business and industry fleeing the U.S. Tariffs and protectionism are examples of the futility of more government layered on problems government created in the first place.
People need to follow what’s right regardless of who does or doesn’t follow what’s right, whether it’s Reagan, Trump or anyone else.
conservatism is in a crisis right now....
there’s an old saying that generals are always prepared to fight the last war will too many conservatives seem to be prepared to fight the last war
Reagan first and foremost was Pro America ...his conservatism serviced the American people’s interest it adapted and changed its priorities as different circumstances arose
too many conservatives are “Maginot Line” types following Doctrine that’s outdated
in the eighties the greatest threat to this country was the Soviet Union
right now the greatest threat country is the erosion of its sovereignty and actually bordering on disappearing from earth ...its being flooded by illegal immigration and fake free trade then reality is not free at all but sucking the lifeblood out of us
to save this country I’m not going to regurgitate a stock Maginot Line conservative Doctrine blindly
Says more about Cato than anything.
Look Reagan made Americans proud to be Americans again. Reagan showed strength through adversity! Regan never backed down.
That’s what Reagan was mainly about and that is what Trump is about.
Go Trump Go!
Unfortunately, "free trade" has become almost a religion in some sections of the conservative movement and the Republican Party, to the point where they value free trade purity more than the national interest.
You OCCASIONALLY have to fight a trade war. whether you want to or not.
If the arabs are forcing the oil price low to drive us oil companies out of business then you better fight back.
Because if they success then oil price will go back higher than they ever were.
In Reagans case, they Japanese were deliberately undecurtting us electronics companies and trying (and pretty much succeedng) in driving us electronics companies out of business
The reason US prices were so high, though, was because of UNIONS
What these “Free Trade” idiots believe is that lowest price is fair trade. Well, it isn’t. We require various regulations and standards foreigners do not require. Why should an American business be required to have such regulations and then compete with slave nations??
Free trade, as a intellectual exercise, is - like socialism - a nice notion.
However, pure socialism is not possible, due to human nature, and the people in charge will always seek their own best advantage.
Free trade is another similar notion. It is impossible to trade fairly “freely”, when your trading partner has such a vast gulf between you and them in worker pay, working conditions, and monetary worth.
It is not free trade worthy when say... Mexico can produce and sell something here for $1.00, when it costs us $5.00 to produce it - due to their lower wages and working conditions.
Long article. Bookmark for future reading!