Trump Tariffs

[dbmhoosier]

Promises made. Promises kept.

 

[UncleMark]

Promises made. Promises kept.

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Price of lumber just went through the roof.

 

[Joe_Hoopsier]

Price of lumber just went through the roof.

Anyway to set a reminder, to review this comment in 6 months?

 

[Spartans9312]

 

[The Original Happy Goat]

This is great. Isolationism and protectionism have always worked in the past.

 

[BradStevens]

This is great. Isolationism and protectionism have always worked in the past.

Have we ever used tariffs to punish anything other than economic behavior?

 

[The Original Happy Goat]

Have we ever used tariffs to punish anything other than economic behavior?

Good question. I can't think of any examples. Other than to point out that in the first half of our history, tariffs didn't punish anything; they were just one of the normal ways of raising revenue.