Originally Posted by
mickeycrimm
This is a really stupid post by you. You are right about consumers buying less when tariffs are placed on a product. So guess what, dumb ass. The Chinese placed 20% tariffs on American goods 20 years ago while we we've been charging just 2%. Can you figure out the reason why? Just like you said, so their consumers will buy less American products. Meanwhile, with just a 2% tariff Americans are buying Chinese goods like crazy. Result? Huge trade deficits. To much wealth leaving America. If we don't stop it now then it will stop itself when all of the wealth has left the country.
Trump proposed zero tariffs between the two countries. The Chinks turned him down flat. Won't even negotiate. They want to play the tariff game because they think they can beat us at it. Cowering punks, Clinton/Bush/Obama let the assholes get away with it without so much as a whimper.
Enter Trump telling the Chinese "Bullshit is over, bitches. We are going to charge you the same tariffs you charge us. If you want to negotiate fine. If you don't I'm putting big ass tariffs on all your products."
The only wingnut around here is you, brainsinquestion, for thinking that The Chinese charging us ten times what we've been charging them is free and fair trade.
Wise up.