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Billionaire Koch Brothers Rail Against Trump: U.S. Must Eliminate All Tariffs
Breitbart ^ | 15 May 2019 | John Binder

Posted on 05/15/2019 8:56:44 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

The Koch brothers’ — the billionaire plutocrats and GOP mega-donors — network of organizations are railing against President Trump’s tariffs on China to protect American workers and U.S. industry. This month, Trump hiked tariffs to 25 percent on about $200 billion worth of Chinese manufactured goods. Trump has also ordered trade officials to begin reviewing the process of increasing tariffs to 25 percent on an additional $300 billion worth of Chinese goods.

In the wake of the latest round of tariffs, the Koch brothers’ organizations like the Americans for Prosperity (AFP) and the Libre Initiative demand that the Trump administration carry out an agenda focused on free trade, as the Bush and Obama administrations did.

AFP President Tim Phillips said that instead of protecting American industries by slapping tariffs on foreign manufacturers and imports, the Trump administration should eliminate all tariffs:

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2020election; boycotts; charleskoch; davidkoch; delaware; election2020; frederickkoch; joebiden; kochbrothers; liberaltarians; libertarians; limolibs; rinos; sanctions; tariffs; trade; williamkoch
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1 posted on 05/15/2019 8:56:44 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They are every bit as evil as Soros.


2 posted on 05/15/2019 8:57:55 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I want income taxes eliminated.

Which is healthier for a country: Penalizing foreign product purchases or penalizing reportable income?


3 posted on 05/15/2019 9:01:00 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: dfwgator
Hey, Bill Bennett loves them. Thinks they are the saints of capitalism.
4 posted on 05/15/2019 9:01:50 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard (Power is more often surrendered than seized.)
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To: dfwgator

Shut Koch’s. We the people demand tariffs. Esp. on communist China


5 posted on 05/15/2019 9:09:05 PM PDT by veracious (UN=OIC=Islam ; USAgov may be radically changed, just amend USConstitution)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

These globalist GOPe clowns cannot go away soon enough. They do far more to undermine conservatives than they do liberals.


6 posted on 05/15/2019 9:09:25 PM PDT by boycott
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That tears it; those two are enemies of the American people. Period. As if there were any doubt.


7 posted on 05/15/2019 9:14:00 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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... the Koch brothers’ organizations like the Americans for Prosperity (AFP) and the Libre Initiative demand that the Trump administration carry out an agenda focused on free trade, as the Bush and Obama administrations did.

That's all I needed to know. F the Koch brothers. With a splintered broom stick.

8 posted on 05/15/2019 9:17:27 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: dfwgator

Soros/Koch/Obama/Bush/Bergoglio UN/NWO same same


9 posted on 05/15/2019 9:17:52 PM PDT by A strike (Import third world become third world)
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>> carry out an agenda focused on free trade

The disingenuous “free trade” agenda.

How about “free trade” among states without sales tax?


10 posted on 05/15/2019 9:20:04 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: dfwgator

They are all rich men trying to obtain power. What they label themselves does not matter.


11 posted on 05/15/2019 9:23:57 PM PDT by Destroyer Sailor (Revenge is a dish best served cold.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The financiers of the Cheap Labor Express, importing the workers for the jobs that can’t be exported.


12 posted on 05/15/2019 9:25:14 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Gene Eric

There is no such thing as “Free Trade”, they may call it that, but that doesn’t make it so.


13 posted on 05/15/2019 9:34:02 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Koch Brothers: We must be able to export jobs and American industry to China.


14 posted on 05/15/2019 9:37:07 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

As bad as Soros.


15 posted on 05/15/2019 9:37:51 PM PDT by gunsequalfreedom
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So, do they make money from China- or are they being blackmailed?

Someone should look into it.
China is big on getting ‘the goods’ on important people.


16 posted on 05/15/2019 9:42:53 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: dfwgator

Agreed.


17 posted on 05/15/2019 9:44:47 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

They want that cheap goods from China.


18 posted on 05/15/2019 9:46:57 PM PDT by Lopeover (We Are #TRUMPSTRONG)
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To: A strike

Yup. The globalists come in all types, but all all greedy.


19 posted on 05/15/2019 10:06:32 PM PDT by amihow (Nd)
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To: dfwgator

Maybe more so.These guys are American.


20 posted on 05/15/2019 10:17:40 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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