I agree with the sentiment, but that's wholly un-American. The DPA is being used and it is a fair compensation. But that's short term. President Trump is spot on with his plans for tariffs. Make it more expensive to produce overseas and ship here than to produce here and sell here.
This worship of free market at all costs has got to die in the republican party. Our founders never believed this. The United States is one country and trade within our borders should never have hindrances, but I'm tired of sacrificing our brothers and sisters to a market that values only monetary costs.
This is wholly unrelated to socialism that seeks to strip wealth from the individual, but a middle ground that realizes the extremes are both destructive. I want a businessman to make as much money as possible, but I refuse to hollow out my country so he can have an additional 15% margin. People matter. They need purpose and freedom to flourish. Socialism strips both, but so does hypercapitalism. It is more deceptive because our metrics show we are making more money than ever - we should be prospering.
We cannot and should not compete with slave labor. We should break imports into classifications based on the average labor costs involved and tariff the difference between our own domestic market. This will raise prices and wages in the US and disincentivize cheap labor over seas.
Money is only a tool and we've lost sight of that. It is not serving our communities. Sure, we have some of the richest men in the world making all of the money in the world, but we have people who have lost hope. People who slave to earn enough money to survive. Communities so preoccupied with making enough money to survive that we've stopped caring about our neighbor.
I'm a conservative because we once had these principles. Our country was built on them. Our founders didn't tax our people, but ran on the tariffs of goods crossing our external borders. We finally rid ourselves of the scourge of slavery only to outsource it again. We made the mistake of letting greed run uncontrolled, rather than harnessing it's natural urges to benefit the most people.
You're conflating trade within our borders with a company reaping all the benefits of slave labor in China then shipping the product back here.
This robs Americans of jobs and steals from our own economy. Money is a tool,yes. But we can't be great if we're short changing ourselves by allowing companies to cheat us for their benefit.
If we make the cost of producing elsewhere prohibitive, they will produce here. With American materials and American labor. It's a win for everyone. We just have to deincentivise outsourcing material and labor.
The law is not on their side right now, and I am disappointed they would kill so many Americans. It is a National emergency, seize it.
I agree with the sentiment, but that's wholly un-American. The DPA is being used and it is a fair compensation. But that's short term. President Trump is spot on with his plans for tariffs. Make it more expensive to produce overseas and ship here than to produce here and sell here.
This worship of free market at all costs has got to die in the republican party. Our founders never believed this. The United States is one country and trade within our borders should never have hindrances, but I'm tired of sacrificing our brothers and sisters to a market that values only monetary costs.
This is wholly unrelated to socialism that seeks to strip wealth from the individual, but a middle ground that realizes the extremes are both destructive. I want a businessman to make as much money as possible, but I refuse to hollow out my country so he can have an additional 15% margin. People matter. They need purpose and freedom to flourish. Socialism strips both, but so does hypercapitalism. It is more deceptive because our metrics show we are making more money than ever - we should be prospering.
We cannot and should not compete with slave labor. We should break imports into classifications based on the average labor costs involved and tariff the difference between our own domestic market. This will raise prices and wages in the US and disincentivize cheap labor over seas.
Money is only a tool and we've lost sight of that. It is not serving our communities. Sure, we have some of the richest men in the world making all of the money in the world, but we have people who have lost hope. People who slave to earn enough money to survive. Communities so preoccupied with making enough money to survive that we've stopped caring about our neighbor.
I'm a conservative because we once had these principles. Our country was built on them. Our founders didn't tax our people, but ran on the tariffs of goods crossing our external borders. We finally rid ourselves of the scourge of slavery only to outsource it again. We made the mistake of letting greed run uncontrolled, rather than harnessing it's natural urges to benefit the most people.
You're conflating trade within our borders with a company reaping all the benefits of slave labor in China then shipping the product back here.
This robs Americans of jobs and steals from our own economy. Money is a tool,yes. But we can't be great if we're short changing ourselves by allowing companies to cheat us for their benefit.
If we make the cost of producing elsewhere prohibitive, they will produce here. With American materials and American labor. It's a win for everyone. We just have to deincentivise outsourcing material and labor.