Sorry I lost track of what we were talking about and assumed something I shouldn't have.
On that topic I don't know what makes car manufacturers make things here. If it is a mandate that says something along the lines "only cars made in America can be sold here" then that is a bad and intrusive law.
Sure there is no alternative but to make cars here but the price of the cars will reflect the increased cost and crowd out some of the poor consumers.
Small countries are a different story. I think it's is counterproductive to put heavy tariffs on products you can't manufacture domestically. Further, Mugabe turned that place into a shithole, and it had nothing to do with tariffs.
For that same reason it is counter productive to put tariffs on anything else. You are making us produce thing that we produce less efficiently. For every good we produce less efficiently there is a good not made that we could produce more efficiently.
What? You are aware Miller Lite can both taste great and be less filling, yes? The two points I made in my argument are not mutually exclusive.
That will not convince a capitalist who disagrees with your tastes or a socialist that wants something more filling. You lost two customers.
I can support tariffs to fund government if and only if we already eliminated big government. Your strategy will not yield that outcome. If people like me rally behind your tariff we will end up with an extra tax and not cut backs. Because the other people who would rally behind you the labor unions will not support cuts in government and will fight to keep other taxes.
Did I say everything is evil or bad? And yes, we have central economic planning, but it is nowhere near the degree China is at. Yeah, burden on businesses. Like child labor laws. The buinsess burden between China and the US is not comparable to say, New York to Texas.
If our central planing is nowhere as bad then how come business is leaving? I don't see Chinese business leaving for other countries.
Sure you can beat the child labor laws drum but you must remember there is a big an-cap part of the movement that would rather not see child labor laws in the first place.
First, I understand 'elementary' economics. If you want to make a point, support your statements with evidence, not insults.
If you understand elementary economics how can you look past a simple economic concept of comparative advantage when you are discussing US?
Ok, you prefer an income tax. And you started your rant asking ME why I supported Ron Paul?
What some one prefers is irrelevant when you are trying to sell tariffs as something that will return business to US.
And an income tax isn't regulation?
Technically regulation and tax are two different things but both are bad. I rather see neither.
Instead of hyperbole, provide statistics.....and there you go with the insults again!
I am not interested in providing statistics when I simple language is enough.
Do you believe Rand and Ron when they say w/e government spends it must first take from the private sector? The concept is the same for tariffs. If we are producing things less efficiently then we are not producing things we could produce more efficiently.
I am all for bringing jobs back to US. Tariffs will not bring back those jobs. They will not limit government.
