Import Tariffs, Yes or No?

[ThomWV]

Poll question: Import Tariffs, Yes or No?

Easy enough question, protectionism or not?

Do you support import tariffs, the taxing of goods imported to this country?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. Trade wars, yes or no?

[TheKentuckian]

8. So be it.

[krispos42]

9. We're currently losing

Of course, a big chunk of that is in buying foreign oil, but a whole lot of it is just from a country that's doing something we can do here, but have decided to export instead.

[Elwood P Dowd]

14. Insanity

Is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. The insanity you want to defend is obviously not working. Millions of lost jobs and trillions of current account deficits are the proof. You need to stick with your defense of chemicals and poisons in our food supply.

[cleanhippie]

2. Yes, but only on countries that we have a trade defict with.

And double tariffs on good from American companies that have their goods manufactured overseas.

But then again, I really don't know shit about global economics, so I am sure I am wrong.....

[Greyhound]

3. Our government must protect our markets, we've seen where abrogating this responsibility

invariably leads. Now, all we need is a leader that works for us.

[dmallind]

4. There is no yes or no here, or if there is it's always a "yes but"

To not support import tariffs at all you'd have to encourage dumping. To support any and all import tariffs you'd have to encourage trade wars and breaking trade agreements.

I assumed you meant "should we significantly/punitively increase import tariffs on a wide range of goods" so I answered no.

[TheKentuckian]

10. Jimmy crack corn. We must protect our ability to have means of production and the broad prosperity

of our people.

There will be no trade wars because we will IMMEDIATELY withdraw protection of trade routes or even make trouble ourselves.

Let piracy reign if there is no fair trade then there will be none at all. We have the land and resources to be self sufficient with our population density.

No weapons systems, no heavy equipment, and most importantly no wheat.

In other words, fuck off and die as you scramble to feed your people and to get goods to market. That also allows us to default on foreign debt, which fucks some people pretty damn well.


Fair trade, everybody wins.

But if not then I got something for em.

[jschurchin]

5. Without question, Yes.

Did you ever wonder why an American made car costs $25,000 more on Japan then the United States? It isn't shipping costs brother.

[mdmc]

6. ..

[Rochester]

7. Yes, absolutely! Protect our jobs!

[Populist_Prole]

11. Bring on the "Trade War"

I use the term in quotes to lampoon the scaremongering tone in which the corporate media presents it.

I mean really, in a "trade war", the mercantilist nation running the surplus has the most to lose, not the one buying all the stuff. Oh yeah, the aforementioned group will trot out the hackneyed "...but it will hurt consumers...". Piss on "consumers"!!! We're CITIZENS!!!. Unlike those ivory tower maggots, we WORK for a living. In any case, when one is unemployed or under-employed, one certainly won't be consuming much.

If US brand companies weren't building stuff there and selling it here, we wouldn't even be having this conversation. They'd be all for the "protectionism" they are so currently paranoid about.

Bastards. Sorry to be so coarse, but this has ENRAGED me for 30+ years now. Same shit happens, and the same elitist bastards propose the same "fix".

[Joe Bacon]

12. Hey what better way to help balance the budget than increasing tariffs?

It's time to withdraw from NAFTA and GATT.

[OhioChick]

13. Hell yes n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

15. That and a few other reforms

on the short term they will lead to a trade war, but even on national security terms...

Quick where are all the processors made for your drones? Points East... yes I have told this to a few national security republicans.