In years past, I was a free trade guy...during my exuberant years when I first discovered libertarianism. And, in an ideal world, free trade is the best option.
But, we are basically preparing for war with China right now.
When "free trade" means US companies transferring business to China just so that they can make a Wall Street number every quarter, maybe free trade is not in the best interests of the United States. When we are basically arming China with US technology transfers...maybe we should think twice about that?
At this point, tariffs should be part of an overall long term war plan. I hope we never have to escalate to actual military conflict, but I don't like our odds, and we should not be arming our most likely enemy with our technology.
Gotta love Dems, who find they like free trade when it hurts the United States.
Replies to: "Gotta love Dems, who find they like free trade when it hurts the United States."
- Mitchell McConnell, the last of the free trade Republicans. - Quest4twelve - 10:21pm 9/25/24
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- Hypocrite. It's called Trump-Biden tariffs now since Biden keeps those Trump tariffs and added more [LINK]
- Eli - 10:35pm 9/25/24
- Thanks Chairman Mao. [NT] - Frank L - 12:42pm 9/26/24
- Why do ChiCom's hate the United States? [NT]
- FinnMcCool - 11:16pm 9/25/24
- They also hate their own people. Tieneman Square which our friend knows a lot about, Hong Kong, and - Frank L - 11:19pm 9/25/24
- Gotta love Dems, who find they like free trade when it hurts the United States. - NedoftheHill - 10:34pm 9/25/24
- Cheek's doctrine would be to pull all American manufacturing back to the western hemisphere. - iairishcheeks - 11:02pm 9/25/24
- OK, but the question is, how do you motivate people to do that? They won't do it themselves. - NedoftheHill - 11:19pm 9/25/24
- I don't know the mechanics of it, but I assume a president could get this done [LINK]
- iairishcheeks - 12:47am 9/26/24
- This post epitomizes all that is wrong with your manner of thinking. You assume much, mostly wrongly - Frank L - 8:26am 9/27/24
- I don't know the mechanics of it, but I assume a president could get this done [LINK]
- iairishcheeks - 12:47am 9/26/24
- OK, but the question is, how do you motivate people to do that? They won't do it themselves. - NedoftheHill - 11:19pm 9/25/24
- Transfers of business tech aren’t my beef. Tariffs are. Your boy wants an across the board, 10% - Frank L - 10:55pm 9/25/24
- Cheek's doctrine would be to pull all American manufacturing back to the western hemisphere. - iairishcheeks - 11:02pm 9/25/24
- Hypocrite. It's called Trump-Biden tariffs now since Biden keeps those Trump tariffs and added more [LINK]
- Eli - 10:35pm 9/25/24