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> If tariffs are raised then it's not hardworking Americans that take home or keep less money. It's people who import things that can and should be built locall
by dukeyukey 3y ago
> If tariffs are raised then it's not hardworking Americans that take home or keep less money. It's people who import things that can and should be built locally instead.
Well, it's the customers that suffer due to higher tariff-induced prices. And if prices are kept the same and the company takes the hit, workers get hit by the lack of new investment the company now can't afford to make.
- inetknght 3y ago> Well, it's the customers that suffer due to higher tariff-induced prices. Indeed? Except the customers are also getting paid better because they now have jobs instead of shipping those jobs overseas.
- dukeyukey 3y agoWhich are artificially-supported jobs that soak up labor that could be used in a more productive way. Trade restrictions destroy economies of scale by breaking up markets and make us all poorer.