I haven't bothered yet looking at the twitter reaction to Trump's plan to put tariffs on Mexico that will rapidly rise to 25% unless Mexico stops illegal immigration.
But surely someone had already said it - isn't a bit perverse to seek to keep poor people in Mexico by helping ensure their country gets poorer via punitive trade tariffs?
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not to mention it is against WTO rules.
The man has NEVER been a conservative
People who don't understand economics think that the best way to heal a trade deficit is through tariffs. I blame economists for this ignorance. Try it on your average Australian fibbertarian economist. Try it on Sinclair for example. Ask Sinclair how to have a trade surplus without tariffs. He'll either be completely clueless or he'll filibuster on the ludicrous idea that neither manufacturing nor trade imbalances matter. Try it on any of these loony-toons. Humphreys. Berg. Kirchner. Sloan. Any of these clowns. They won't disappoint believe me.
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