You are taking advise from the New York Times (aka the Communist Times) and the GOPe. That ALONE.... should be a BIG RED FLAG to you.
SO you think it’s good,
the United State pays taxes, in the form of tariffs, to China and Mexico right now in the current trade agreements? You think that’s good????
While at the very same time...., the United States does not charge them any taxes.
You think it’s good when China manipulates their currency in order to increase their exports to us? While at the very same time it makes it even hard for the United States to export to China. You think that is good too?
Oh and we STILL PAY TAXES to China and Mexico on top of the ILLEGALLY MANIPULATED currency? And you think THAT IS GREAT! WHAT A DEAL!
You must think its great too that American Companies are encouraged to leave the United States by the Feds, move to China, Mexico or they will be punished in the form of regulations (like the Coal industry) if they don’t fire American workers for SLAVE LABOR OVERSEAS and move out of the country?
But you think it’s good for the United States loses jobs, and bring more government regulation jobs, to run the remaining companies our, and bring in more minimum wage fast food jobs?
You think that is BRILLIANT, and you support?
I guess if your goal is to destroy the United States and fool people, then yes it’s brilliant.
The only way you have “free” trade is ONLY when everyone is playing by the same rules. Anything else is a RIGGED trade deal.
Just like the game of Poker. Everyone plays by the same rules. You can not win a rigged poker game. Where one side gets away with murder and the other side is punished to the max.
No, here is what I think. Protectionism stinks. It isn’t conservative, it breeds horrendous inefficiency (see the big 3 automakers of the 70’s cranking out garbage), and it isn’t the answer to making America more competitive.
You want to make America the world’s engine of economic growth and job creation, you CUT taxes, slash regulation, continue the advance of right to work legislation, etc.
What Trump is spouting is NOT at all conservative. Tariffs, higher taxes, etc, are the stuff that makes unions smile and guys like Bernie Sanders think Trump is stealing his campaign issues.
Left to some of the protectionists on this forum we’d still be driving the trash GM, Chrysler and Ford were churning out. The only reason their product got better is because of competition.
Trump is not a conservative. Period. Populist protectionism is NOT conservatism.