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.
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...