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To: Jim 0216
Tariffs are shooting yourself in the foot as explained - they don’t punish the importer, they force higher prices to the American consumer....

Always get chuckle reading that force business as if consumers at every level are denied free will in the matter of buying or not buying. Free market allows for enterprising domestic people to see a market opening to won over the dissatisfied consumer with better prices and maybe even better quality.

143 posted on 03/15/2016 9:54:24 AM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Covenantor

Excuse me, but tariffs are a tax and DO force higher prices on incoming goods. If an importer is offering the best quality for the lowest price and government forces higher prices on those goods, then the government, as usual, has narrowed the best choices available to the consumer.


147 posted on 03/15/2016 9:58:35 AM PDT by Jim W N
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