But you had to change the pie. There is a reason you were buying that specific pie and not an other one. If you changed it's because you had to settle for less (subjectively).
Sure the local one will gain market share but only because they received outside help. Not because they truly were the best choice.
If it was really that simple, then the US should put a 100000% tariffs on t-shirts to be sure they are all made in the US. We both know that would be a terrible idea.
All of government is an experiment
I find this one fascinating.
It does shift consumer spending with outside help, not necessarily through pure merit, but as the American president his job is to protect and help American businesses.
But I would argue that protecting that one business by forcing other citizens to buy from it does not help 'Americans' at large.
In Canada our government protect the maple and milk industry with tariffs and price controls. I hate it. There is no real competition.
Nobody is forced to buy anything, but when Canadian goods cost more, Americans will find alternatives. Notably, they’re incentivized to buy American and that jostles and encourages an industry to get going on competing, elevating the American economy.
I don’t really buy milk or maple stuff, but I always have 2-3 bottles gifted and stored somewhere.
This isn’t something that will affect Americans as much as it does Canadians.
Sure but you're going back at finding alternatives which I never said would be impossible.
What I'm saying is that this alternative will either be more expensive or lower quality. None of these two options makes an individual richer.
It's also very simplistic to reduce canadian import down to milk and maple syrup. If it was just those 2 ai don't think Trump would have even bothered.
In fact, the reason why those tariffs will hurt us is because our economy as been built to export *a lot* to the US. And I'm not thinking at finished product like maple syrup as much as machinery parts.
But yeah sure. You can just buy one of those part made in the US instead. But you might have to pay double. You paid an American sure. But you're still poorer than if you had paid a Canadian in a free market + the American you paid would have simply be incentivized to work on something and that isn't bad.
Oh to clarify a point. Nobody is forced at gun point to buy anything but if I put a 10000% tariff on everything but that 1 American business I am essentially forcing everyone who need their product to buy from them.
It's like saying nobody was forced to take the vaccine when people were threatened to lose their jobs. Technically you're right but we both know it's not that simple.
не знаю.... в цене биткоина во времени все дешевле и дешевле... фиат не приделах) энергия.
