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$16 billion is not small potatoes, but with a $20 trillion economy it can be absorbed without much damage. Better to deal with this now and stop China from taking advantage of the U.S. like they've been doing for decades.
The taxpayers are supposed to open new world markets for wealthy businesses?
So lemme get this right; businesses need the government to BUTT OUT and reduce regulations and taxes, but the government should use MY MONEY to subsidize the search for new markets for American businesses?
That’s a conservative principle?
Pretty much.
Years ago big business wanted the government out of their affairs.
Ever since the 70s, they have partnered with the government to work for them.
Since then, it has been downhill for most Americans and uphill for the CEO and investment class.
And here, along with some very pointed words from one GOP Senator:
““This is becoming more and more like a Soviet type of economy here: commissars deciding who’s going to be granted waivers, commissars in the administration figuring out how they’re going to sprinkle around benefits,” said Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican. “I’m very exasperated. This is serious.””
$16 billion is not small potatoes, but with a $20 trillion economy it can be absorbed without much damage. Better to deal with this now and stop China from taking advantage of the U.S. like they've been doing for decades.
I would be curious as to the effect on CO2 emmisions world wide by tarriffs bring back manufacturing to an environmentally controlled US from a gross polluting China.
$16 billion is not small potatoes, but with a $20 trillion economy it can be absorbed without much damage. Better to deal with this now and stop China from taking advantage of the U.S. like they've been doing for decades.
Ah. So you get it now. Trump is spending us into another one of his famous bankruptcies. Why should he care? It's not his money, but yours and mine.
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