tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post4842291383220685324..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Are Tariffs a Better Form of Taxation?Robert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-27960692653346553972018-03-10T11:31:16.304-05:002018-03-10T11:31:16.304-05:00If we send other countries little pieces of green ...If we send other countries little pieces of green cotton and they send us cars and refrigerators and computers.... who is screwing who?Donxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16480364222848672992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-68535548201604518082018-03-10T08:35:29.507-05:002018-03-10T08:35:29.507-05:00Most of us can still find employment even without ...Most of us can still find employment even without the government protecting us from scary competition.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11968441656658845395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-42319546472338218692018-03-09T22:01:14.929-05:002018-03-09T22:01:14.929-05:00Free trade/managed trade has not brought us any gr...Free trade/managed trade has not brought us any great benefits. It's a libertardian assumption that prices automatically decrease because they can make a car in Mexico and import it. Where are all those jobs NAFTA was supposed to provide? Would you rather be unemployed and pay $300 for a TV or $600 for the TV but have a decent job and a stable community to reside? The Lab Managerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314871529571094106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-61737110956606912852018-03-09T11:21:32.447-05:002018-03-09T11:21:32.447-05:00I would think there would be a natural limit on ho...I would think there would be a natural limit on how high tariffs we old rise imposed by the very people who pay them: American consumers. As for Trade "deficits," the important consideration is not their magnitude, but the underlying fundamentals that produce them ie, are they artificial (government produced) or resulting from voluntary exchange? <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14753173182816634630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-76632570473733025002018-03-09T09:54:17.686-05:002018-03-09T09:54:17.686-05:00Arguing over which form of taxation is better is a...Arguing over which form of taxation is better is an I intellectual trap. All taxation is theft and evil. Anyone who thinks his plans are so important they should be funded by theft is prideful and unimaginative. Donxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16480364222848672992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-83533624427920903372018-03-09T09:12:10.791-05:002018-03-09T09:12:10.791-05:00I would think there would be a natural limit on ho...I would think there would be a natural limit on how high tariffs we old rise imposed by the very people who pay them: American consumers. As for Trade "deficits," the important consideration is not their magnitude, but the underlying fundamentals that produce them ie, are they artificial (government produced) or resulting from voluntary exchange? <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14753173182816634630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-44994951639789574702018-03-09T08:05:13.544-05:002018-03-09T08:05:13.544-05:00America can't win a trade war...
https://yout...America can't win a trade war...<br /><br />https://youtu.be/soCzGQGt2jYRebel Wophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03555646039241735421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-72773684530150047112018-03-09T07:04:52.192-05:002018-03-09T07:04:52.192-05:00Putting aside the obvious, that protectionism is b...Putting aside the obvious, that protectionism is bad and cutting spending is better than any form of taxation, one could ask the question, compared to now, were Americans more or less free in the 19th century when the US gov't was more or less funded by tariffs rather than personal income and other direct taxation? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-63468473041397155052018-03-09T06:57:20.222-05:002018-03-09T06:57:20.222-05:00Bob, stop sperging. We're all for lower taxes....Bob, stop sperging. We're all for lower taxes.<br /><br />Just answer the question you posed. At any given tax level, which is better?Shimshonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04158609487960587917noreply@blogger.com