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Agreed. Kill all trade with China. I'll eat the price increases if it means we can stop trying to compete with the regime subsidizing NK.
by jimbob45 7y ago
Agreed. Kill all trade with China. I'll eat the price increases if it means we can stop trying to compete with the regime subsidizing NK.
- sombremesa 7y agoI highly doubt you can eat price increases for the entire US population. These things don't just affect you, so it's a bit selfish to take such a "well I'm going to be okay" attitude.
- jimbob45 7y agoAd hom. Also we could just implement a progressive tax on the US pop and redistribute it to those who would get hit the hardest. In reality, I don't think we're going to stop trade with China, I'm just saying I'd be okay with it and that surface-level concerns with such an idea are easily solvable.
- rotrux 7y agoAt first I'm sure you would be.
- 8note 7y agowhy single out china? countries like Japan send them how much rice?
- sgift 7y agoThere's a difference between humanitarian aid and being the protecting power of NK. Without Japans rice people would die. Without Chinas help the regime would die.
- dang 7y ago"Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents." We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20104483 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20104483 and marked it off-topic.