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No, he cannot, but he can say whatever he likes, as we've seen. The constitution enables the institution of arbitrary import tariffs, but it offers absolute pr
by tathougies 7y ago
No, he cannot, but he can say whatever he likes, as we've seen.
The constitution enables the institution of arbitrary import tariffs, but it offers absolute protection to American companies. Neither the president nor Congress is legally allowed to tax exports (Article 1, Section 9, Clause 5)
- coliveira 7y agoThis is not "absolute protection". American companies import much more than they export, so if he can't do whatever he wants to imports, there is no economic freedom.
- tathougies 7y agoThere is no economic freedom when it comes to import. That's a founding principle of the country that no one should be surprised by.
- coliveira 7y agoFunny that Americans indoctrinated the entire world into thinking that import barriers were not civilized. And then now we discover that this is in fact a "founding principle"... right at the moment when the country cannot keep up with the competition. How convenient.
- tathougies 7y agoWe didn't 'discover' it. America's constitution is one of the shortest in the world and written in very clear language. The text is available for free around the world. Being ignorant of its contents is completely 100% on you.