“Taxes are always bad. Always. “
I’m with you. Because who needs water supplies, sewers, roads, bridges, a military, a CDC, a police force, a fire dept and other such pointless and unneeded wasteful spending. The 3rd world has the answer.
I never thought we see the day that higher taxes are supported on Free Republic. Certainly there are public spending policies that have positive externalities. The vast vast majority of government spending does not fit in this category.
It is certainly the case that the proposed tariffs are not intended to raise revenues to pay for police and fire departments as you suggest. The tariffs are being sold as benefiting the US economy. That is clearly not true. Tariffs can only cause harm. I’m surprised anyone in 2018 believes we can tax ourselves into prosperity.