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Any suggestion of increasing import duties is usually met with the charge of "protectionism" which radical rights view as abhorrent as socialism or communism. In fact it's truly more akin to...
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I have been thinking of this lately also. I will admit that in my more idealistic days I fell for the concept that opening up our borders to imports would result in increasing exports and more...
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We are still the largest consumer on the planet... and therefore should have leverage against being raped by big business (either they pay their fair share of taxes here or they don't sell their...
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Any U.S. chartered company that brings in their product from offshore should pay either a hefty tariff or a VAT tax or both.
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You guys have it so wrong! Politicians NEED business to sell all of their shit policy, especially shit progressive policy. If you don't have shit policy being propped up by a winner/loser scenario...
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Economists usually hate tariffs because they tend to reduce economic efficiency (e.g., by protecting industries that are not competitive in the international marketplace), raise consumer prices, and...
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Apparently in Germany, they don't worry much about protectionism. The cash just keeps rolling in to its treasury.http://www.ehow.com/list_6749729_german-import-duties.html"Economists usually hate...
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Ol Badger - similar transition in thought about tariffs on my part. In practice, it seems as though the middle class is taking the brunt of the negatives of opening trade barriers and the rich are...
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Bobger wrote:Ol Badger - similar transition in thought about tariffs on my part. In practice, it seems as though the middle class is taking the brunt of the negatives of opening trade barriers and...
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"Any suggestion of increasing import duties is usually met with the charge of "protectionism" which radical rights view as abhorrent as socialism or communism. In fact it's truly more akin to...
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"There was a time and really not that long ago that the major source of revenue finding its way into the U.S. Treasury came from import tariffs." Yeah, if you consider World War One as not being that...
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ThisCharmingFan wrote:Who hacked Lamont's account? I was wondering the same thing.
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The Japanese have an American to thank for their improved quality standards; Dr Deming. "Point five condemns mass inspection procedures as inefficient; a product should be monitored by the workers,...
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Combad57 wrote: His methods were rejected unwisely in this country especially by the auto industry who continued to produce junk. They also produced a very high rate of rejected parts due to the...
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LamontS1 wrote:"There was a time and really not that long ago that the major source of revenue finding its way into the U.S. Treasury came from import tariffs." Yeah, if you consider World War One as...
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Combad57 wrote:LamontS1 wrote:"There was a time and really not that long ago that the major source of revenue finding its way into the U.S. Treasury came from import tariffs." Yeah, if you consider...
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One thing it does is pour more cash into Treasury and reduce the debt. Another thing it does is make the American work force more competitive. Corporate profits? Who gives a shit about big...
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