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rsmlp · 05-19-2019, 06:50 AM

One thing is certain; prices are heading higher if you shop walmart or other bargain like stores. CEO already said this. As a conservative I don't get tariffs. They're a tax on consumers. Period. If China wants to dump low priced stuff on us, let them! If they want to hurt they're consumers by blocking US goods from being imported, let them! Sooner or later Chinese consumers will retaliate and in the meantime the US consumers and economy win.
Furthermore, tariffs smack of picking winners and losers and THAT is not "free markets".

Larry Kudlow, Trump's director of economic advisers USED to say "free markets are the best path to economic prosperity". Not any more...

05-19-2019, 06:50 AM	#34
rsmlp Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 462 Thanks: 5 Thanked 160 Times in 81 Posts	trade and lakes region One thing is certain; prices are heading higher if you shop walmart or other bargain like stores. CEO already said this. As a conservative I don't get tariffs. They're a tax on consumers. Period. If China wants to dump low priced stuff on us, let them! If they want to hurt they're consumers by blocking US goods from being imported, let them! Sooner or later Chinese consumers will retaliate and in the meantime the US consumers and economy win. Furthermore, tariffs smack of picking winners and losers and THAT is not "free markets". Larry Kudlow, Trump's director of economic advisers USED to say "free markets are the best path to economic prosperity". Not any more...