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Tariffs are Bad, but Trump's Tariffs May Do Some Good

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re: Donald Trump and trade (https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/11/donald-trump-and-trade/)

Just about all the pundits and talking heads have got Trump's tariffs wrong. No, tariffs--

* won't bring factories back because factories are big buildings that don't move
* won't bring jobs back because no American stopped working the minute some foreigner started working.
* won't reduce that silly 'trade deficit' because 'A' the smart money's on these import taxes being used to force foreign cheaters to clean up their act and not for controlling our purchasing, 'B' we don't want our economy managed by the Feds, and 'C' we end up a lot better off with a growing trade deficit --not a shrinking one.​

The fact is that we're better off w/ free enterprise buying and selling all over the world we the agreements we got. The point of the article is that the foreigners are MUCH better off with 'em. This means they got much more to loose if we make a fuss. Given that Trump's got a pretty good track record w/ deal making he's got a good chance of getting more foreign cooperation.

It's in the article.
 
expat_panama said:
won't bring factories back because factories are big buildings that don't move.
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Look man while I think that’s the Tarrifs are dumb, I am struggling to understand this point you’re making and it really stood out to me.

Big buildings don’t move... That’s a rather curious statement.
 
I hope Trumps understands how weak and unstable this of project of civilization is at the moment as he fights for America.
 
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Jetboogieman said:
Look man while I think that’s the Tarrifs are dumb, I am struggling to understand this point you’re making and it really stood out to me.

Big buildings don’t move... That’s a rather curious statement.
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Yeah, it's those little one's you've got to look-out for. Turn your back one second, and they've got your parking spot!
 
expat_panama said:
re: Donald Trump and trade (https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/11/donald-trump-and-trade/)

Just about all the pundits and talking heads have got Trump's tariffs wrong. No, tariffs--

* won't bring factories back because factories are big buildings that don't move
* won't bring jobs back because no American stopped working the minute some foreigner started working.
* won't reduce that silly 'trade deficit' because 'A' the smart money's on these import taxes being used to force foreign cheaters to clean up their act and not for controlling our purchasing, 'B' we don't want our economy managed by the Feds, and 'C' we end up a lot better off with a growing trade deficit --not a shrinking one.​

The fact is that we're better off w/ free enterprise buying and selling all over the world we the agreements we got. The point of the article is that the foreigners are MUCH better off with 'em. This means they got much more to loose if we make a fuss. Given that Trump's got a pretty good track record w/ deal making he's got a good chance of getting more foreign cooperation.

It's in the article.
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https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/07/us-...-bringing-back-jobs-ceo-on-trump-tariffs.html

*cough*
 
Chomsky said:
Yeah, it's those little one's you've got to look-out for. Turn your back one second, and they've got your parking spot!
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trump states and trump CDs are the first to feel the sting of retribution, especially Ryan and McConnell directly.
That's just one reason why these gop 'leaders' are afraid of protectionism and (white) nationalism.

The stock buy-back trump tax heist, versus say give their folks a raise,
will actually be hurt by trump/gop tariffs, further upsetting gilded mitch and paul.

The last thing sane gops wanted to see was a tariff on the good economy handed to them by President Obama ...
 
Jetboogieman said:
Look man while I think that’s the Tarrifs are dumb, I am struggling to understand this point you’re making and it really stood out to me. Big buildings don’t move... That’s a rather curious statement.
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OK, so it really is possible to move maybe a small building but all this talk we're hearing about how the U.S. is shipping their factories overseas is a bunch of horse hockey. Like they can't mean this:
fctrysoverss.png

What they're probably talking about is the fact that in a free market place new factories get built and old factories get shut down both at home and abroad. Our doom'n'gloomer friends are trying to say that opening up a foreign factory only happens when a U.S. one is closed. That's crazy.
 
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