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Your usage of the word subsidize is strange. I might as easily say that I subsidize my local grocery store. Except that a much more natural way to say the same
by jaredklewis 10y ago
Your usage of the word subsidize is strange. I might as easily say that I subsidize my local grocery store. Except that a much more natural way to say the same thing is that I buy food there.
We have a trade deficit with China because they make so many affordable products that Americans want to buy.
Of course much of that wealth ends up in the hands of the Chinese government, just as the US taxes corporations here. I would probably describe our government's use of most of those funds as "ill-conceived." We certainly wage more wars than China.
Why so belligerent?
- rrggrr 10y agoYou're not in the grocery business. Your grocery store doesn't manipulate its prices giving it an unfair advantage against your store. Spirited disagreement != belligerence.
- Mithorium 10y agoNow that you bring it up I realize that I am also running a massive trade deficit with my local grocery store. This does not seem fair, I should impose a 30% tariff on all food imported from the grocery, that will show them for subsidizing their supply chain and manipulating the prices of food
- snrplfth 10y agoIn fact, I think the grocery store has been manipulating their prices down, giving them an unfair advantage. Obviously you should insist that they stop selling such cheap food. Man, we'll be rich in no time if we keep this up.