[Impy]

Have you noticed they don’t campaign that much on it

It's not a major campaign issue except to the protectionists who whine about and it blame it for "taking jobs". It's far too mundane for the general public to care about.

If Obama is for it, and if George Soros is for it, and factoring in the end of national sovereignty Senator Sessions has revealed about it, how on earth can Cruz be right?

1)Some people would oppose sunshine and lollipops if Obama was for them. I don't care what his position is. He happens to be a broken clock this time. Most of his own stinking party disagrees with him.

2)All business people are for it unless their industry is the one benefiting from the protection. Protectionism

3)There is no threat to national sovereignty, that's protectionist propaganda magnified by (understandable but overblown) distrust of ANYTHING that Obama is favor of.

4)How can Cruz be wrong? Tariffs are taxes. Taking money from consumers (who the tax is passed on to) and putting into the pockets of the government in order to protect favored industries from competition is not the conservative position. 5)How can all the left-wing **cks who oppose it, the majority of democrats, and the union whores, be right?

[odawg]

Ford Motor Company is building a plant in Mexico. It will be profitable for them to do so because the NAFTA areement cancels out protective tariffs, and labor costs are less in Mexico. I would be interested in hearing you explain why that is good for our country. The United States has lost hundreds of thousands of jobs due to NAFTA alone. And, you can multiply that one event (Ford) many times over with industries that have been moved out of the United States due to the other free trade agreements. Are you good with the fact that GATT controls a large part of American trade, not Congress?

[central_va]

putting into the pockets of the government in order to protect favored industries from competition is not the conservative position.

Another prevarication. Tariffs have no effect on domestic competition.

[central_va]

here is no threat to national sovereignty, tha

Gee who is going to build our tanks and armored vehicles on a massive scale if need be if the infrastructure is off shored TO OUR ENEMIES?

[central_va]

I would replace the income tax with tariffs and a NRST.

Question: Would you be an advocate of that?

[free_life]

So the general public don’t care about shipping millions more jobs elsewhere? And you what don’t think 93 million Americans unable to find employment is a large enough number of unemployed Americans?

[itsahoot]

3)There is no threat to national sovereignty, that's protectionist propaganda magnified by (understandable but overblown) distrust of ANYTHING that Obama is favor of.

In the words of Congressman Joe Wilson, You Lie.