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To: DugwayDuke
Why is it morally correct to use the power of government to force other Americans to pay more for their goods in order for some other person to have a better life style?

There is NOTHING immoral about protectionism. Nothing. George Washington signed the Tariff Act of 1789 So was he immoral? Why should I listen to a loser who knows nothing about neither morality or history.

80 posted on 04/16/2016 2:43:53 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

“There is NOTHING immoral about protectionism. Nothing. George Washington signed the Tariff Act of 1789 So was he immoral? Why should I listen to a loser who knows nothing about neither morality or history.”

You might want to study a bit of history as well as some economics. The Tariff Act of 1789 was passed to fund the federal government. Some of the Republicans at that time wanted to pass protective tariffs but the Democrats stopped those efforts since they felt tariffs should only be high enough to fund the government. They also felt that tariffs high enough to be protectionist would be harmful to consumers.

Here’s a source: (read the first paragraph) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_United_States_history


83 posted on 04/16/2016 4:22:53 PM PDT by DugwayDuke
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To: central_va

“Why should I listen to a loser who knows nothing about neither morality or history.”

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Do you always call people with whom you disagree “losers”?

How nice.

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87 posted on 04/16/2016 4:48:51 PM PDT by Mears
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