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To: central_va

14 is not really a good idea, since some things simply have to be imported because they cannot be produced here efficiently (e.g., rare earth materials, coffee, etc.). The tariff simply raises the cost to you and me and the gov’t gets a 20% donation for doing nothing. Tariffs made sense back when the US was entering the Industrial Revolution as it was a Protective Tariff that let industries here get a start when pure competition would have prevented it. That’s not the case today and it would simply means you and I pay higher taxes on some products.


18 posted on 12/28/2021 7:15:42 AM PST by econjack (I'm not bossy. I just know what you should be doing.)
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To: econjack
s not really a good idea, since some things simply have to be imported because they cannot be produced here efficiently

BS. 95% of the things we use every day can and should be mad e it the USA. So screw off and pack sand globalist POS.

47 posted on 12/28/2021 9:49:10 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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