Quote: (09-14-2017 05:42 PM)RatInTheWoods Wrote:
I think Tariffs are good.
I'd rather pay $30 for a t shirt made here, employing a person in my country a decent wage.
Than be able to buy 10 shitty t shirts that end up in the bin in a few months, and fund slave labour in a third world nation.
When the British Empire adopted the Whig doctrine of "free trade", the Empire began its decline phase at a time when the USA and Prussia (then the Second Reich) put up the tariffs and became industrial powers.
With Detroit following the UK to the status of a ruined former workshop of the world, it is curious to see the USA following the British Empire's path of decline for the same reasons.