A side effect of tariffs is making less powerful countries play ball.

  • @glimse
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    103 months ago

    In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the… Anyone? Anyone?.. the Great Depression, passed the… Anyone? Anyone? The tariff bill? The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act? Which, anyone? Raised or lowered?.. raised tariffs, in an effort to collect more revenue for the federal government. Did it work? Anyone? Anyone know the effects? It did not work, and the United States sank deeper into the Great Depression.

      • @glimse
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        113 months ago

        I think you’re ignorant enough to think I don’t know tariffs exist

          • @glimse
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            93 months ago

            We have historic evidence that insane tariffs like this hurt the economy and no historic evidence that they help. Care to provide any expert sources saying this won’t be a disaster? Because I sure can’t find any outside of conservative think tank mouthpieces

            If anyone in this discussion doesn’t understand tariffs, it’s Trump who thinks other countries will pay for it. Those 2018 tariffs TOTALLY didn’t result in companies using Thailand as a middleman to avoid paying and then passing on those extra costs to us! US companies were DEFINITELY not buying 99% complete products from Hina and “finishing” them here! That’s why we’re all using affordable solar panels now