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Old 01-27-2017, 01:33 PM   #3528
Parallex
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Originally Posted by puckedoff View Post
I don't see why it won't. US has huge (sorry, yuuuge) trade deficits with some of their trade partners.
http://news.nationalpost.com/full-co...sheer-nonsense

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They might only implement the tax on countries that have lax safety regulations and super low wages. That is afterall where they are losing jobs too.
They're losing jobs principally to automation. Throwing up trade barriers doesn't help you make jobs. All those jobs you're "saving" is just another job in an export industry being taken away and the rest of the public has to suffer the inflation.

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