Posted on 04/15/2019 10:13:53 AM PDT by Kaslin
Chump change compared to the amounts China has been ripping us off.
The author presumes the balance of “hurt” is against the working people of “the heartland”.
While those folks know better.
They know that tariffs protect entire industries and the economy as a whole, even IF their lawnmower costs $40 more.
The real disaster was trade policy reaching back to Bush the Elder. Trump is just undoing that. And the free traders screech.
Tariffs are a weapon against unfair subsidies and unbalanced currency practices.
I 100% support the President with his tariff policies.
To hell with the damage it does to Wal Mart and to hell with the ‘Free Traitors’ who would sell their birthright for a bowl of cheap soup.
I’m still trying to figure out how McDonalds is charging $5 (or more) for a Big Mac.
If there isn’t a great deal on their App, no more Big Macs for me.
I pay sale's taxes...
I pay short term and long term taxes...
I pay utility taxes..I pay gas taxes...ect..etc...
I pay taxes out the wahoo....
“A small price to pay to get my country back. Carry on, Mr. Trump.”
AMEN!
And with a sense of vengeance please Mr President.
The Chili’s here are running a 3 for $10 special.
A 6oz Steak (with Mashed Potatoes and a Veggie), a non Alcoholic Beverage and a small House Salad.
I have no idea how the are making money on that deal.
Best deal in town.
Thank you for noting that.
The Author ignores the historic resurgence of the domestic Steel Industry and the thousand of Jobs it has created.
The “economists” were working on a National Science Foundation grant. Hum, let me consider this. What in hell is the National Science Foundation doing giving grants to comment upon trade policies?
“Tariffs that we assess on other countries are paid by the importer of record here in the United States. In other words, American businesses – large and small – pay the extra taxes.”
Maybe that should be a clue that we should, as consumers, stop buying Chinese $hit and give American workers a chance to make the same products. At this juncture, I’d be willing to pay higher prices knowing that the products were made here and an American worker got paid to do it. This is just another example of the “free $hit” mantra. At the end of the day, if we buy everything from the Chinks, we won’t have any money left to do it because we will all unemployed.
Well, the way Mr. Marchant is framing the tariffs (as a hidden tax), would that not apply to every rule, law, and regulation the government imposes on businesses? Do not those businesses roll that cost into their products, so the retail customer is the one who really pays for them? Why is it called a “sales tax” if the buyer always pays it?
The tariffs are MAGA. Fight for the U.S!
I thought it was going to be about the diversity tax.
There is no way Chinese companies and American importers can pass a 30% price increase to American consumers. They might be able to raise the consumer price by 5% or even 10%. Which means that the Chinese company and the importers have to "eat" the rest of the tariff.
If the American consumer were paying the full 30%, China would have no incentive to negotiate a new trade deal.
The greatest thing about tariffs is that for the consumer there are no complicated tax breaks and rules.
If you buy a widget with a tariff on it you pay.
In addition, poor women with children and minorities have to pay it—oh the horror! ;-)
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