Right now, everyone has their feelings hurt, because we have a president who demands they pull their own weight. If we compromise in a way that helps us, and doesn't put too much of a burden on our trading partners, things will smooth out and everyone will adjust, as needed...and everyone will be put on notice that we aren't 'bending over' for anybody, henceforth. It's only fair to us, as taxpayers, and is not unfair to anyone else.
Of course, we are looking at the realities, whereas left-of-center politicians are thinking about how to make us view it through their class-envy' focused 'lens.'
To my understanding, Trump is just leveling the playing field with reciprocal taxes and tariffs. He only wants to apply the same level of taxes and tariffs to each country as they apply to the US so I don't get why any AMERICAN would object to our president working towards fairness for our country. As others have mentioned, short term inconvenience will result in long term gains. Incidentally, a little searching showed that one of our biggest imports form China is consumer electronics while their biggest imports from us are food items and agricultural machinery (for growing food). I'm pretty sure that I can go without a new phone, computer, or television for longer than China could go without food.
Mao proved China could go without food by eliminating those who could not work (elderly, handicapped, and very young children) by intentionally starving tens of millions of them. Now that the Chinese have been served a heapin' helpin' of capitalism that would be more difficult.
I dont feel like explaining this but: if a government is "working" with a deficit it implies that that government is borrowing money from another government.
Just track the US bonds.
The dollar is mightier than the sword. Just like air power replaced naval. Could the cold warriors of old be failing to recognise the change?
I'm a cold warrior. Been there, done that, got the T-Shirt (certificate). We did not win the cold war. The U.S.S.R defeated themselves. The 1917 Russian revolution replaced Royalty, Semi wealthy, and Serfs with Omnipotent leaders, Bureaucrats
, and workers. What did they expect? I remember a line from the movie "Red Dawn". Who saved us? 600,000 screamin' Chinese. They were protecting their investment.
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Trump got them CHICOMS squinty eyes to focus on what he was threatening alright!
Now, Lets Make A Deal!
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I heard today that the Coke (spelling) brothers, well one of them, are going to spend several million dollars on an ad campaign about free trade and anti Trump. This seems odd since what Trump is trying to achieve is free trade. Free trade is a very complex thing, I have tried to read up on just the ag part and it is convoluted as heck. Then add in the different farm programs that effect it as well and it will make your head hurt trying to understand it. That is another reason I like Trumps approach of dealing with each country separately. I hope it works out and in my opinion he has gotten more done on this than anyone else.
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I'm a cold warrior. Been there, done that, got the T-Shirt (certificate). We did not win the cold war. The U.S.S.R defeated themselves. The 1917 Russian revolution replaced Royalty, Semi wealthy, and Serfs with Omnipotent leaders, Bureaucrats , and workers. What did they expect? I remember a line from the movie "Red Dawn". Who saved us? 600,000 screamin' Chinese. They were protecting their investment.
China Offers to Buy Nearly $70 Billion of U.S. Products to Fend Off Trade Tariffs
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