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punitive tariffs (which would be met by other countries)

He suggested a 15% tarriff. If that is punitive, then what do you call the income tax? Other countries already charge the same tarriffs we do now; that is the whole idea behind trade deals and GATT.

[Bush2000]

He suggested a 15% tarriff. If that is punitive, then what do you call the income tax? Other countries already charge the same tarriffs we do now; that is the whole idea behind trade deals and GATT.

They have nothing to do with one another: A tariff is something you levy on foreign goods while an income tax is a tax on domestic income.