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Paul Ryan on Trump’s protectionist program: No, we won’t be raising tariffs, just Tax reform.
Hotair ^ | 01/04/2017 | AllahPundit

Posted on 01/04/2017 3:47:30 PM PST by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 01/04/2017 3:47:30 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s so cute when Ryan pretends he is in charge.


2 posted on 01/04/2017 3:51:35 PM PST by shelterguy
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To: SeekAndFind

Ryan Rerranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, instead of real reform. Paul Ryan needs to be G O N E, like 2016.


3 posted on 01/04/2017 3:52:44 PM PST by Glad2bnuts (If Republicans are not prepared to carry on the Revolution of 1776, prepare for a communist takeover)
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“The speaker is against tariffs,” Ryan spokeswoman AshLee Strong said.“He strongly supports making our tax system border adjustable by exempting exports from tax and subjecting imports to tax,”
- See more at: http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/ryan-bucks-trump-says-congress-will-not-raising-tariffs#sthash.YmZ9XJdV.dpuf

'A distinction without a difference' comes to mind.

4 posted on 01/04/2017 3:53:38 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: SeekAndFind; P-Marlowe

Tax reform and lower taxes without tariffs means the same equation remains. Mexico will still have cheaper labor and a cost advantage to use against US manufacturers. The incentive to seek that advantage will remain. Their product will still be cheaper.


5 posted on 01/04/2017 3:56:00 PM PST by xzins (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.)
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To: SeekAndFind
"The guy puts out a tweet and half our conference goes nuts."

If the lying weasel admits to half it was much more than that. Trump will keep squeezing Ryan till he squeals.

6 posted on 01/04/2017 3:57:26 PM PST by drpix
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Trump will crush Ryan if Ryan challenges Trump.


7 posted on 01/04/2017 4:03:10 PM PST by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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Tariffs are to prevent the unfair advantage that accords to foreign nations that export to the US, when they either manipulate the currency, giving themselves a favorable rate of exchange at the expense of the dollar, or there is a subsidy paid for the exported goods, usually in the form of rebated VAT taxes collected from within that country.


8 posted on 01/04/2017 4:03:38 PM PST by alloysteel (If you are going to shoot the king, better not miss. Wounded kings retaliate.)
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To: SeekAndFind

This twerp needs to be crushed.


9 posted on 01/04/2017 4:05:38 PM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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Trump could be using Ryan to get his way. Ryan could acting as Trump’s cats paw.


10 posted on 01/04/2017 4:05:55 PM PST by HARRY TUTTLE (Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less. R. E. Lee)
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To: SeekAndFind

Ryan looks too much like Eddie Munster to be taken seriously.


11 posted on 01/04/2017 4:07:30 PM PST by Palio di Siena
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"Their product will still be cheaper."

There are a lot more consumers of a product than there are manufacturers.

12 posted on 01/04/2017 4:08:02 PM PST by mlo
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To: SeekAndFind

We need a speaker that supports Trump. There’s a lot of work to do, and this doesn’t help.


13 posted on 01/04/2017 4:09:12 PM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Ryan is protecting his source of ridiculous wealth.


14 posted on 01/04/2017 4:09:56 PM PST by Scott from the Left Coast ("Now it's up to the American people to deliver justice")
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To: alloysteel

Serf wages is an unfair advantage. We reject serfdom as immoral. We shouldn’t reward our own companies for taking advantage of it. If time travel were possible would we smile at those who used southern ante-bellum slavery for a wage advantage?


15 posted on 01/04/2017 4:10:27 PM PST by xzins (Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.)
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>> exempting exports from tax and subjecting imports<<

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

WHAT??

GO TO WAR WITH A WEAPON THAT CANNOT BE AIMED??

No. No. No. No. No.


16 posted on 01/04/2017 4:13:24 PM PST by Disestablishmentarian
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To: SeekAndFind

Fine.

Trump now has his first battle, laid out.

He will win, and quick. Ryan was an idiot, to stand on this hill.


17 posted on 01/04/2017 4:14:44 PM PST by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Ryan’s been in Congress since `99 running us into the ground.
Get rid of him.


18 posted on 01/04/2017 4:16:37 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers, all armed conservatives)
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To: SeekAndFind

Ryan is about to find out about Real Men in charge


19 posted on 01/04/2017 4:19:10 PM PST by goodnesswins (Say hello to President Trump)
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Trump tweets ... his followers (some of them local contributors and well connected to the party at large)hear ... they start calling Congressional offices raising Holy Hell ... Congressman announces “I changed my mind because no one had explained the issue to me so clearly before” (old business guys joke).


20 posted on 01/04/2017 4:20:14 PM PST by katana
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