What has the Tariff done for Budd, Philadelphia? Does it look like a ghost town yet?
As Racehorse put it, the tariffs are doing nothing but subsidizing one industry at the expense of other manufacturers.
Why not support reduction of government intervention in the market by reducing taxation, regulations, etc. instead of supporting more government meddling with tarrifs?
So what jobs has free trade created in your newspaper?
That would be my first choice. It's hard to cut taxes, though, when the government is spending at such high levels.
I agree that we need to eliminate government intervention in the US market, reduce taxes that punish US productivity, eliminate regulations that punish US productivity and reward only our domestic enemies (liberal NGOs), etc.
However ... import tariffs are one of the Constitutionally approved methods for the US government to raise revenue. Income taxes are not. The income tax and subsequent additions to the IRS rules and regs intervene in every aspect of American production, distribution, and consumption; in every contract between businesses, and between business and labor, and between individuals.
It is the government's job to negotiate trade agreements with foreign governments. It is not the government's job to inhibit free enterprise within our country.
That is not really what I did.
I was trying to be fair to both sides by paraphrasing the claims made by two directly affected industries. Sometimes, when you rob Peter to pay Paul, Mary gets shot. And sometimes when Paul gives Peter a helping hand Mary finds herself in the family way.
I'm just admitting economic life is not simple and frequently causes someone some unintended but necessary pain.