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The sticky part is we are also one of the largest producers in the world, and there is every reason to think that our producers will also take hits from our cha
by runako 11mo ago
The sticky part is we are also one of the largest producers in the world, and there is every reason to think that our producers will also take hits from our chaotic trade "policy."
(This is in addition to the fact that imposing big, likely-illegal, capricious taxes on Americans is a de facto reduction in the freedom of all American citizens. We are being deprived of our freedom to purchase what we want from wherever we want, and now it extends far beyond cheap Chinese EVs and into practically everything. People should understand the tariffs first as an assault on our personal liberties and only second as a business matter.)
- awinter-py 11mo agolove to support domestic high-value manufacturing by creating an ever-changing and expensive regulatory scheme around low-value inputs
- terminalshort 11mo ago> We are being deprived of our freedom to purchase what we want from wherever we want Sorry, but that is not a freedom you have in the US or anywhere else on earth. Of course you are right that tariffs on intermediate goods hurt US producers, but your claim that your freedom is being assaulted is laughable.
- runako 11mo agoIt is a freedom we had at the beginning of 2025 to purchase goods from more countries with lower taxes, I don't understand your response. This cannot be in debate. I agree with you that US citizens have a different suite of freedoms than those enjoyed by citizens of other countries. But it's just factually incorrect to say that the economic freedoms of all US citizens (and residents) have not been curtailed this year.