looks like theyre gonna try to save 500 billion in federal spending by simply gutting medicaid. for the 80 million americans enrolled.. too bad i guess. its like i said about life expectancy
except enacting it deliberately solely for ideological reasons. nobody said tax cuts wouldnt be paid for...
that is the fundamental idea, yes. however in the modern world the question then becomes 'can you?' like, does the thing you intend to buy exist locally anymore, does the ability to recreate it exist
americas manufacturing sector has been heavily offshored. i doubt it can be rebuilt even in a...
tariffs enacted by the american government are taxes on americans. when they go through you will personally pay higher prices for many things, that is how it works. you are the 'someone'. in essence tariffs are simply the most regressive taxation scheme
those countries have their own interests just like america does. they can all push back and forth charging tariffs up the wazoo, but unfortunately in a globally integrated economy with just-in-time inventory supply chains its going to cause major disruption if the major tariffs actually get...
it seems like a non-sequitur. to reframe it in terms of american protectionism, say your tree business customers pay for access to chip drop. youd rather they use a different service, one sold by a local guy in town instead that costs a little more. and you somehow negotiate with chip drop for...
its hard to see how your analogy fits. tariffs are a tax collected by the federal government, paid by the buyer of goods, not by the country selling them
what, globally? like which tariffs enacted by which countries align with my description above? pick a random small country and have a look at the numbers yourself.
https://www.trade.gov/country-commercial-guides
many smaller economies use tariffs to protect their own industries while they develop. for example the fledgling united states used extremely protectionist tariffs to develop its economy in the face of would-be competition from britain and succeeded in building its own industrial base...
hey nobody ever promised tax cuts wouldnt be paid for with the blood of the weak, and when it comes down to it isnt that whats really important? human sacrifice to mammon?
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