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Donnyjack wants to TARIFF BIGLY very bigly and the GOP doesn't want to TARIFF AT ALL VERY BIGLY. Who is gonna win this one?

Posted - March 6, 2018
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  • 32700
    The President has control over tariffs.

    GOP can get over it. We have gotten the short end of "free trade" for far too long.
      March 6, 2018 11:27 AM MST
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  • "Free Trade" is a term that if it weren't so sad it would be downright laughable. Countries have been writing their own tickets with us for 40 years and thanks to one sided "trade agreements", they've had their way. Enough is enough.
      March 6, 2018 11:35 AM MST
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  • 7280
    Free trade essentially means that I can buy a product that has been produced at the cost of the raw material used in the product plus production costs and a profit to the producer and seller.

    Now Trump wants to increase the cost of a product that includes imported steel by 25%---some major portion of which I will now be required to pay---my American made car, for example.

    Why doesn't someone who supports tariffs explain how this benefits me.

    ("Don't p*ss down my back and tell me it's raining"---Clint Eastwood as the Outlaw Josey Wales.)
      March 6, 2018 2:22 PM MST
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  • 32700
    I protects American steel. EU has tariffs on our cars. We should return the favor. The amount it will effect a new car is said to be a whole $150.00 not much compared to the price of a car. 
    Free trade should not have tariffs but that only works if everyone plays by the same rules.  
      March 6, 2018 4:08 PM MST
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  • 7280
    Let me rephrase my question: "explain how this benefits me"

    Include your understanding of "elasticity of demand" and how it applies to the net effect of a tariff on steel and aluminum and he American economy.

    Feel free to wait until you take a few courses in economics before you answer.

     
      March 7, 2018 1:57 PM MST
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  • 32700
    If it is good for the country...it is good for you. 
      March 7, 2018 5:07 PM MST
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  • 113301
    :):):)
      March 8, 2018 2:52 AM MST
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  • 113301
    :):):)
      March 7, 2018 4:46 AM MST
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  • 113301
    Thank you for your reply m2c and Happy Wednesday to thee! :)
      March 7, 2018 4:44 AM MST
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  • 46117
    WE?

    Do you have a mouse in your pocket or something? 

    Who is we?   I realize you may have been around in the 50's because that is where you and TRUMP are stuck.  IN TIME.   WE=YOU+Trump or as we like to say on here "MY 2". 



    This post was edited by WM BARR . =ABSOLUTE TRASH at March 8, 2018 2:52 AM MST
      March 7, 2018 5:12 PM MST
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  • 32700
    We=We the people of the USA.
    No, I was not around in the 1950s, I was born in 1974.
      March 7, 2018 5:31 PM MST
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  • 113301
    :):):)
      March 8, 2018 2:52 AM MST
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  • 7280
    Paul Ryan indicated that they were still trying to get Trump to back down.  He indicated that overriding Trump is a possibility, but they are not working on that yet.
      March 6, 2018 2:25 PM MST
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  • 113301
    It just boggles me mind tom how anyone anywhere for any reason takes this crackpot doofus don seriously. Just ignore him completely. He is totally insane and getting insaner daily. SIGH. Thank you for your reply and Happy Wednesday! :)
      March 7, 2018 4:45 AM MST
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