[9YearLurker]

Let me try this one more time: The US produces significantly more than it consumes. That means that exporting is important to our wealth and economy even beyond the advantages that come from comparative advantage.

The more we slap taxes on exports, the more they will be slapped on our products in return—hurting our economy and diminishing our wealth.

And that’s not even getting to the license we would be giving to our overloads to load even more taxes on us, given that income taxes aren’t going away.

[ConservativeMind]

Regulations and income/business taxes should be brought down. The excise tax should equal the averaged sum of effective income tax rates from both personal and business, such that all foreign products bought pay a similar tax burden as the US paid for its own produced goods.

In a country that has welfare, unemployment, a lost work ethic, increased crime, and H1-Bs and illegals taking jobs from citizens, products from elsewhere should not get free import treatment.