FINALLY. About darn time this was discussed here.
It is long past time for America to stop buying imported goods, and bring back American jobs.
Every other country in the world has it set-up to require either as with China - that goods are actually manufactured there (seems to be working pretty darn well, to this poster)
Or at very least we need to immediately enact import tariffs to favor goods built in America.
Look at the most recent election.
That is because ever more Americans are UNEMPLOYED.
Why in the world are we firing Americans?
BUILD IT HERE. Darn it.
Excellent, just what we need, more regulation.
But we could do it faster if we simply pass a law preventing employers from firing anyone, it works in Europe! Better yet, make 'em hire new workers, we could start at a one to one ratio with existing employees.
We might have enough employed to build a fifty foot wall around all of America to keep those malcontents not thrilled with this plan IN America.
Regulation, I only want one more hit, I can stop anytime I want.
If the products produced by US companies inside the US are going to be taxed at 35%, it is only fair to levy a stiff tax on imports to level the playing field. Allowing imports free access to our markets while levying high taxes on US products is suicide for the American worker and the US economy.
Not only do the factories pouring goods into this nation not pay US taxes. They get a huge free ride on the US taxpayer. The US Navy keeps the sea lanes around the world open for trade. The Coast Guard provides livesaving and security for ships coming in and out of the harbors. The US Army Corps of Engineers keeps the harbors and waterways dredged. The taxpayer builds the roads and bridges used to move the imports to warehouses and stores. The taxpayer builds the airports and provides the air traffic control system the air cargo freighters use. The customs service inspects goods coming into the country.
When free traders get Congress to eliminate tariffs on imports they ignore the subsidies exporting countries provide the factories shipping goods to the US. Zero interest loans, direct cash subsidies for exports, and currency manipulation are a few of the ways China and other nations subsidize their exports to the US. in addition they put up tariff and non tariff barrier to foreign goods seeking access to their markets.
Free traders argue the economy is more efficient when foreign goods have open access to the US market with no tariffs. It is their view the US firms and taxpayers should bear the full cost of the infrastructure supporting trade, plus carry the full tax burden of the federal government, while imports get a free ride. The free ride, plus the direct subsidies by the foreign nations, create a situation where it is impossible for more efficient US factories and US labor to compete. The big lie is “free trade” is a level playing field and economically “fair”. It is not.
We’ve spent the last 20 years with the grand free trade experiment. It has been a disaster for the US taxpayer, for the US economy, and for the US worker. It is time to end it and resume to a tariff system that levels the playing field for US companies and US labor as well as brings in needed revenue to start paying down the deficit.
Alexander Hamilton’s financial plan that paid off the debt of the Revolution included high tariffs and duties on imports. The nation prospered. The US imposed high tariffs after the Civil War. During the 30 years after the Civil War the foundation of the manufacturing infrastructure that powered our economy until the 1980’s was built. The economy boomed and we had high tariffs that paid for most of the cost of the federal government. Instead of piling more taxes on US companies and US citizens, let’s make the importers pay their fair share.
You know, it’s funny that that the individuals who are involved in shipping jobs overseas complain about the “47%” of people now on the dole, have to now reckon with the fact that those very same people didn’t disappear off of the face of the earth when their jobs were outsourced. Now, they’re faced with have to pay for those people through higher taxes to cover their unemployment and welfare costs, along with subsidizing imported labor legal and illegal. I whole thing reeks of a get rich quick scheme, where the major players are hoping to outrun the impending collapse they’ve initiated, paying off their government cronies, placating the masses, and disappearing somewhere else to start their ponzi scheme again. Sounds like a looting spree to me.