No one seems to realize that with the current standard of living in th eUS and our tax burden as a percentage of incomes, we (the average US worker) simply cannot compete with Chicom workers averaging $80-$150 USD / month income. Besides, what fools out there thinks that the US government is going to reduce our tax burdens after inflation skyrockets (and it's headed that way now) and the standard of living in the US heads the other way?
Sure, there's always going to be rich people in the US, but, how can a retail/ service sector based society function if the average worker can barely afford food, housing and medical care?
Import taxes were in place to protect the American worker with his job and add revenue to the gov's coffers....to level the playing field against countries with lower standards of living selling their goods here.
All of it is a sham to allow international corporations to gain huge profits by allowing duty-free imports back into the US, while at the same time, using US monies from it's citizens (stock investments) to build new factories in cheap labor markets.
You don't have to be a f'n rocket scientist to figure that out. Our politicians have been bought off, sold us out, and we're gettin' the weeny.
Perot was right about NAFTA and NAFTA set the stage for the huge illegal immigration invasion since then
NAFTA caused a giant sucking sound of lost jobs? That's funny!
Import taxes were in place to protect the American worker with his job and add revenue to the gov's coffers....to level the playing field against countries with lower standards of living selling their goods here.
Protect America from countries with lower standards of living by lowering Americans standards of living? Great idea. LOL!
All of it is a sham to allow international corporations to gain huge profits
Damn those profitable companies.