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To: Orange1998
I do find flaws in the free trade philosophy, but before we resort to tariffs, we need to take a look at other things as well. I think we need to reduce the red tape, taxes, environmental regulations and so on so we can make it friendlier to produce tires (and other things) here in the U.S. I admit that maybe tariffs are part of the equation but they alone will not bring our jobs back, we need to consider the other factors I mentioned as well. Trouble is, since we have the Zero Administration, they will not do that at all.
51 posted on
09/11/2009 8:06:52 PM PDT by
Nowhere Man
(Woodrow Wilson should have been waterboarded.)
To: Orange1998
so, WHICH brands of Tires INCLUDE “chink tires” within their offerings?
To: Orange1998
I think that this is the first thing that I agreed with this communist on! We have manufacturing plants sitting idle in this country while we bring in cheap goods from over seas. Of course the unions helped drive out our manufacturing base, greed was right in there pushing also.
56 posted on
09/11/2009 8:11:38 PM PDT by
Big_Harry
( Thank God I am an "Infidel"!)
To: Orange1998
I guess they were so busy teaching about the Great Man (FDR) they forgot to mention Smoot-Hawley in that private Hawaiian school that The One went to back in the ‘70s.
75 posted on
09/11/2009 8:41:13 PM PDT by
El Gato
("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
To: Orange1998
That's great in the middle of a recession start a trade war...
It is high-school government day in the White house - for 4 years
81 posted on
09/11/2009 8:46:41 PM PDT by
Mr. K
(THIS ADMINISTRATION IS WEARING OUT MY CAPSLOCK KEY DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT!!!!!)
To: Orange1998
Obama only wants one thing, for America to be destroyed, split apart, invaded, take your pick, he is manufacturing a situation of infuriating China, and that is NOT a good idea.
88 posted on
09/11/2009 8:53:04 PM PDT by
Eye of Unk
("If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." T. Paine)
To: Orange1998
Oh good... Someone who admitted in more than one interview that "tax cuts for the rich" increase revenue to the government, but he was going to raise taxes, even though it reduced revenue to the government because it was "more fair." Someone who knows nothing about economics nor markets, but he's good as a agitator. High tariffs worked out so well just before the Great Depression, didn't they? Plus, as an added bonus, he slapped those high tariffs on the number one purchaser of our debt, providing the cash that he needs to create his little Utopian society.
Mark
89 posted on
09/11/2009 8:54:07 PM PDT by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: Orange1998
The World Court will have their first law suit against Obama. They always attacked Bush for ignoring it. Watch what they do now. LOL...A'hats!
The Chinese are not going to be pleased. They have already lectured Obama on the U.S. Constitution which they understand better than he does. This tariff will kill jobs in the retail sector to save a few dozen union jobs at a couple US plants. Most of these tires are actually U.S. owned or partly owned Chinese plants. The tariffs will simply cut off sales to the Chinese and move it to other countries within months. He will have to tariff them all. All of them will retaliate.
To: Orange1998
Get ready for them to dump all those US treasuries they hold...
121 posted on
09/11/2009 9:49:46 PM PDT by
OrioleFan
(Republicans believe every day is the 4th of July, democrats believe every day is April 15)
To: Orange1998
If I remember correctly, this didn’t work out well for Roosevelt when he tried it...GD2
To: Orange1998
To little and way to late. How about a well thought out policy instead of stupid knee jerk reactions? Oh well let the trade wars begin. Hope we win.
134 posted on
09/11/2009 10:37:05 PM PDT by
jpsb
To: Orange1998
Wasn’t a trade war with Japan ultimately what caused us to go to war with them?
It is I think what caused them to attack Hawaii.
145 posted on
09/12/2009 2:18:57 AM PDT by
Joe Boucher
(google; operation garden spot and REX84)
To: Orange1998
Good move. Level the playing field. Put the same costs on foreign manufacturers that are mandated for America manufacturers. If American companies have to pay extra environmental, health care, taxes and regulatory costs then put the same dollar load on foreign companies. It’s like States do on equalize sales taxes with compensating use taxes.
162 posted on
09/12/2009 8:36:18 AM PDT by
ex-snook
("Above all things, truth beareth away the victory.")
To: Orange1998
All for retaining American jobs, but China is essentially our banker and we just pissed our banker off. Wise move?
192 posted on
09/13/2009 9:45:53 PM PDT by
dmanLA
To: Orange1998
To all those who want to shut down trade with China, I would say that you have no business criticizing liberals. What you are telling me is that I am not free to choose (a little Friedman lingo) the products I want to buy. In fact, you are saying the government knows better what I should buy than I do. Congrats, you're on the road to thinking like a Democrat.
I also reject "Buy American." This is the tired, wrong notion that buying your own country's products creates jobs and prosperity. Why, oh, why won't this idea die?! If you really believe this, then Hong Kong is poor and Africa (which has the highest tariffs) is rich. Switzerland and Monaco must also be dirt poor.
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