“But tariffs to “protect” the greatest, wealthiest, and strongest nation on earth are STUPID.”
It’s not. And you’re not thinking.
Like in 1790 when George Washington “protected” US Shipping from the British, spurring a great ship building boom, yuge jobs, money, wealth were created in Boston, (better than any gov “public works” program), a tariff on OPEC oil would spur a YUGE oil boom in this country.
Yeah we’re the “greatest , strongest, etc” on earth, but OPEC is NOT freetrade. It’s a cartel, it’s fixing prices for their benefit, for our disadvantage.
With fracking we have more reserves than anyone, we need to allow the millions of jobs, revenue, prosperity to happen. Tariffs are the only way.
Same with China, no freetrade there, we’re their 3rd world raw material supplier.
George Washington = for tariffs.
Karl Marx = Freetrader.
You (and others here) may want to re-think your position.
I’ve thought about it more than you have my FRiend. I am an advocate of the free market economy because it works. Sending up who’s for and who’s against does not move me in the slightest. I couldn’t care less who’s for it and who’s against it. There’s a lot of people out there who are confused about economics and specifically how the free market economy is freedom in action. The market economy, free of government interference, is how America became the strongest, wealthiest, greatest nation on earth.
Let’s get down to specifics:
How do tariffs on Carrier air conditioners imported from Mexico keep Nabisco from moving out of our country?