tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992740250270600844.post3179398396718592944..comments2024-03-24T05:26:32.964-07:00Comments on Advancing Time: Free Trade And Fair Trade Are Distinctly Different Bruce Wildshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10181323607060607040noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992740250270600844.post-75624086684355509572018-12-04T16:31:44.857-08:002018-12-04T16:31:44.857-08:00And you can tell that a 10% tariff will not be eno...And you can tell that a 10% tariff will not be enough. GM and Ford need 50% tariffs to start building cars here again. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14461654169387654258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992740250270600844.post-84146082322242287662017-08-13T10:00:13.900-07:002017-08-13T10:00:13.900-07:00There should be a 20% blanket tariff on all import...There should be a 20% blanket tariff on all imported goods, no matter the source, with maybe a 45% tariff on China because of their mercantilist trade policy and enabling of North Korea. <br /><br />The revenue raised from the tariff could be used to eliminate the corporate income tax, which in effect is an internal tariff on domestic production. Such a tariff would boost GDP growth by at least a pp.Warren Plattshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14166267641435230047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992740250270600844.post-38622193914670514002017-02-12T07:39:56.213-08:002017-02-12T07:39:56.213-08:00The US has a lot of problems being globally compet...The US has a lot of problems being globally competitive. The tax structure, cost of health care, over regulation, etc. I think that addressing our internal problems is probably easier than addressing the external problems. <br /><br />I think that the external problems have evolved with the underlying assumption (both here and abroad) that the US economy would always be rich enough to buy whatever the world produced without any concern to the unfairness of the trade relationship. <br /><br />I don't think that the US can take much more abuse.Allan T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09412545898170841199noreply@blogger.com