I’m from Texas, and I think that Cruz is an idiot on this issue.
Yes, in the normal course of things, tariffs are bad things because they are taxes and interfere with commerce.
However, in this case the threat of tariffs is a measure designed to grab the Mexican government by the balls so that they actually pay attention to our desire to get them to stop giving safe passage of Central Americans to our border. Trump doesn’t want the tariffs, but he wants to stop the utter flood of illegal immigrants even more than that. In this, I utterly agree with him.
We’ve tried every other means of grabbing Mexico’s attention on this issue short of digging up Blackjack Pershing and having him and half the Army go into Mexico. Trump is the only guy willing to negotiate from a position of strength, and I LIKE IT!
Phuck Cruz, even though I voted for the guy. Ted, YOU ARE WRONG on this issue.
Our founders would call you a tory and tar and feather you for saying that. Tariffs are great. Better than the income tax, raise revenue and most importantly protect US industry. WIN WIN WIN WIN
Congratulation. You got fooled by the New York Slimes.
They ginned up a Fake News article. And you bought it.
Trump already won the Mexico tariff battle. Mexico caved. But the Slimes thought they could divide and conquer with knee jerk lies.
And they succeeded.
“...in the normal course of things, tariffs are bad things because they are taxes and interfere with commerce.”
Sooooo...what funded our federal government in the 1800’s into the 1900’s (as we grew and grew), before the unconstitutional taxes on income and wealth?
Three guesses and the second two don’t count.
Want a clue?
Tarifs are not bad any time, Mexico can Produce at a fraction of what it costs Americans, they have already put many of American
Farmers out of business