I didn't vote for long term tariffs.

[Tommy Tainant]

Justify?
Apparently we've been getting ripped off by other countries on their tariffs against us. Trump wants to return the favor and now they're upset.
Welcome to the world of global trade.

I doubt you could give one example of that.

 

[The Duke]

I doubt you could give one example of that.

I can, Goober.

Canada tariffs on United States | WITS data

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wits.worldbank.org

 

[Captain Caveman]

So we should continue the imbalanced trade with others?

Make products that countries want to buy, and reduce what you're buying in. The trade imbalance is the result of what the market has dictated.

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

I voted for Trump to lower prices. I voted for him not to cause trade wars with other countries. Now we're all going to see price increases.

I hope those willing to endure the economic hardship so we can stick it to other countries can justify to me why this was necessary. Why did we need these tariffs when we could have done something to ease the pain here in America?

Well that's just it isn't it? Trump et al are not about "easing" pain, they're all about inflicting it because as billionaires they're insulated from any negative repercussions, fallout and the subsequent pain caused by so many of his actions.

 

[Mac1958]

Well that's just it isn't it? Trump et al are not about "easing" pain, they're all about inflicting it because as billionaires they're insulated from any negative repercussions, fallout and the subsequent pain caused by so many of his actions.

It's amazing to watch people who feel so wounded by the country, reacting by backing an oligarchy.

Their minds have been so twisted by manipulation that up is down and down is up.

 

[The Duke]

It's amazing to watch people who feel so wounded by the country, reacting by backing an oligarchy.

Their minds have been so twisted by manipulation that up is down and down is up.

STFU whatever kind of shill you are.
You are pure poison.
I want Americans to thrive. **** You.

 

[No Way]

25% on Canada, 20% on China

lol. Petroleum and petro products are excluded. Which leaves donuts.

 

[No Way]

Our govt/Republicans, promoted trading with China as a means to make the Chinese people more democratic decades ago, which turned out to be b.s.

Canadian goods are not junk. Why higher tariffs on them vs China....?

They're not higher. All the petro and petro products are lower. Which is the bulk of it.

 

[Tommy Tainant]

I can, Goober.

Canada tariffs on United States | WITS data

Merchandise tariff line scedule for <%=strReporterName%> Most Favored Nation (MFN), Preferential Tariffs for year <%=strYear%>

wits.worldbank.org

No you cant. Thats just a list of stuff without context.
the Uk has tariffs on US agricultural products. But that is a matter of excluding goods of inferior quality.
Produce european quallity goods and we would buy them.

 

[Winston]

Buy trucks built in the US by other companies.

Besides, you are allowing your neighbors to make more money that would have gone to Mexicans. They in turn will be able to buy more of your goods or services, so you make more! The Mexican workers cannot do that.

Look, I don't get it. Your position is Americans should be willing to pay more for a particular product in order to protect the jobs of their neighbors. Good jobs, usually union jobs. How is that any different than paying more to educate the children of your community, or paying more to protect the health care of the elderly, or feed the poor?

 

[Natural Citizen]

So is Honda. Taiwan is moving their chip manufacturing here too.

The tariffs are a very good idea. So far we are the only ones paying them.

I don't think that tariffs themselves are ever a good idea as a solution. Though I am not necessarily opposed to them as a means of leverage. Which is really all Trump is using them for. I'd rather see government cut. Because that's an actual solution.

Revisiting the thraed title itself, regarding opposition to long-term but semingly favorable to short-term, which I assume is the OP's premise here, ''temporary' does not make the problem go away either. Ever hear the saying that nothing is more permanent than a temporary government measure?

 

[Natural Citizen]

Government does a lot of things that the free market does not do, starting with protecting the property rights of individuals.

Stop paying your property taxes and watch what happens...

 

[The Duke]

No you cant. Thats just a list of stuff without context.
the Uk has tariffs on US agricultural products. But that is a matter of excluding goods of inferior quality.
Produce european quallity goods and we would buy them.

Okay, Halal boi.

 

[Natural Citizen]

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That's why I said you had to go to a third world country to even find a free market ... Try to keep up dumbass ... ​

You're talking about a laissez faire type of system, which I recall you making clear elsewhere around here, where the market tells the government what to do instead of the other way around where the government tells the market what to do, and I assume the dragon lady either does not understand the fundamental premise and concept of that model, or is completely opposed to it. She is Canadian after all. And that's not a kick in the nuts, per se, it's just the model which she lives under.

Thing is the market always decides in the end. Always. Doesn't matter how much it gets distorted by through government/cental banks actions, the market itself always decides in the end. Not government. This is the default nature of prosperity.

..
A good example would be some markets in Belize ...
After they were smart enough to kick out the British in 1981.

When they started developing their markets ... They stayed away from a lot of the crap you are talking about.​

Smartest thing they could have done. Once you let the international regulators and masters of economic distortion into the mix, basically international economic hitmen if you ask me, you're effectively shackling yourself. Obviously banks are a necessary mechanism, but that's as far as it should go. If we're gonna let the market tell the government what to do instead of the other way around.

 

[Cellblock2429]

I'm hoping rather than just rating my post "fake news" they can explain why it's fake news. I'm hoping someone can justify to me why we need to pay higher prices?

/----/ You're post was not only fake, it was also funny.

 

[AsherN]

Yeah, who cares?

The people who rely on tourism care. The farmers care. The alcohol producers care. Ontario alone used to buy $1B of US booze every year. You think that's not going to hurt?

 

[AsherN]

lol. Petroleum and petro products are excluded. Which leaves donuts.

10% on oil from Canada

 

[The Duke]

The people who rely on tourism care. The farmers care. The alcohol producers care. Ontario alone used to buy $1B of US booze every year. You think that's not going to hurt?

 

[berg80]

STFU whatever kind of shill you are.
You are pure poison.
I want Americans to thrive. **** You.

China says it’s ready to fight any type of war U.S. wants ‘till the end’​

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/05/trump-tariffs-live-updates-china-says-its-ready-to-fight-any-type-of-war-us-wants-till-the-end.html

Sound good to you, nitwit?

 

[martybegan]

Make products that countries want to buy, and reduce what you're buying in. The trade imbalance is the result of what the market has dictated.

or use tariffs they way they were supposed to be used, and as they are used by other countries AGAINST US.