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that should tell you that maybe your opinions aren't shared by them, not that they are obviously wrong, as you seem to think.

>50% on china is what was required, but I had no idea someone would actually do it.

Pain is required, and I'm here for all of it if long term it levels the playing field with China.

Bill Cypher 9mo ago

Go ahead, look up the map of countries color coded by tariff rates. Which of the highest tier of tariff countries is an economic powerhouse you want to emulate? Which has the wealthy population with low poverty rates and a thriving middle class. Economists may be prone to ivory tower BS but we also have global real world data collection on tariff rates and economic well-being agreeing with both schools of economic thought in this case.

Trade will naturally balance itself over time if you allow economic benefits of production to accrue to the producers of goods.

It is only if you rig the game to exploit cheap labor while pocketing the value difference yourself that trade deficits pile up.

So basically tariffs are shooting yourself in the foot because you are mad that being xenophobic didn't work out for you.

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furio 9mo ago

Admin talked about your comment “trade will balance itself over time,” which is why they are calling it “cheating “. It has not balanced because of various reasons they are addressing.

Anti-tariff folk need to pick a side. It’s bad for US? (Why are they harming themselves by currently tariffing us?)

Why is Canada upset if we tariff them if US customer pays?

I trust all the biz leaders of this admin over the hyperventilating leftist media.

Bill Cypher 9mo ago

Trust in either is a silly thing to do when you could just read a history book and see for yourself what always happens.

For example China.

If the Chinese worker was allowed to accrue a fair share of the wealth generated by their work the wealth in China would rise until equality where it makes no more sense to outsource everything there and manufacturing will rebalance.

Both the Chinese and US government policies are at fault that the gap isn't closing.

The stupid here is that tariffs nuke the us economy down to the Chinese level as the solution rather than remove the skimming and bad laws so the Chinese can rise.

Truly a government solution. Practically DEI or no child left behind logic to punish those who are ahead instead of constructively helping those who are behind.

furio 9mo ago

All of the countries competing with us, especially China, should be CHEERING the tariffs then, if it will in fact nuke us down to their level.

I think everyone is protesting too much.