[Jim Noble]

You want to raise taxes massively on American consumers?

The whole idea of "consumers" is a Gramscian subversion.

The people who live and work in the USA are citizens, and our countrymen.

If they choose to "consume" with their earnings, that's Liberty.

But the notion that the PURPOSE of government is to supervise, protect, and stimulate "consumers" is pure Leftism.

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But the notion that the PURPOSE of government is to supervise, protect, and stimulate "consumers" is pure Leftism.

Yet further up the thread you praise fair trade - which is exactly what you just described - raise taxes on imports to stimulate consumers to buy American.

So, is it the government's job to supervise, protect, and stimulate consumer's or not?

[9YearLurker]

There’s nothing Leftist about noting the damper on economic liberty in taxing products individuals purchase from abroad.

Let alone the damper on economic liberty when countries retaliate with tariffs of their own.