Trade deficit means the US gets free stuff. It also means our industry is gutted and the middle class slowly disintegrates through demographic attrition while zipping around in SUVs and drinking double mocha lattes.
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Tariffs are a tax on Americans.
Tariffs are how a country protects its standard of living
They are inherently inflationary, reducing purchasing power and, therefore, the aggregate standard of living. We know this from history. See the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930. Only Donald Trump wants these tariffs.
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