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To: FreedomNotSafety

The federal budget deficit averaged around $600B over the last 20 years - give or take. It’s simple math. The USA imports around $2.4T annually and a 25% tariff would generate $600B. Which is equal to that average budget deficit.


19 posted on 06/24/2018 12:52:56 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn)
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To: central_va

Well at least you seem to recognize that spending is part of balancing the budget. So I am not confused. But then again I thought the point of tariffs was to reduce imports and thereby promote US manifacturing and jobs.

I guess if your happy with the current level of imports, hooray for China, and imports will not decrease after they are taxed 25%, and the deficit stays at 600 billion average (it is running double that this year), and we capture some unicorns and skittles to feed them... What a wonderful world it will be.


21 posted on 06/24/2018 1:00:31 PM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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