TED CRUZ: “TARIFFS ARE A TAX ON CONSUMERS… I’M NOT A FAN OF JACKING UP TAXES ON AMERICAN CONSUMERS. MY HOPE IS THAT THESE TARIFFS ARE SHORT-LIVED, AND SERVE AS LEVERAGE TO REDUCE TARIFFS ACROSS THE GLOBE”
— Stock Talk (@stocktalkweekly) April 3, 2025
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What would our #economy look like if there was ACTUAL free trade (no #tariffs for anyone)? Former Reagan economic advisor, Art Laffer says, “It would make the economy a huge amount stronger.” pic.twitter.com/p5cWDshriG
— Trish Regan (@trish_regan) July 25, 2018
Basing tariffs on our trade deficit with another country makes no sense. As Russ Latino notes:
— Steve Leben (@Judge_Leben) April 4, 2025
“We will never have a trade surplus with a country that has workers making $2 a day because they don’t have the money to buy our stuff, which is expensive by comparison….” https://t.co/TSUTswmCHU
Politicians say America must protect American workers!
— John Stossel (@JohnStossel) July 12, 2024
That’s why both Trump and Biden impose tariffs on foreign goods.
But tariffs seldom protect anyone… AND they screw consumers: pic.twitter.com/OhDE66ltF4
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