From: -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: Where Was Midget's Feigned Anger When...
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 07:16:12 -0400
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 8/20/25 04:47, Governor Swill wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Aug 2025 22:09:26 -0500, AlleyCat <katt@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Wed, 20 Aug 2025 02:16:50 +0000, Mitchell Holman says...
>>
>>>
>>> pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote in
>>> news:1083024$nbh$1@dont-email.me:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tariffs are necessary in order to level set and return to fair trade.
>>>> Up until this point, the US has been paying far higher tariffs than
>>>> they have been charging imports.
>>
>>> We enjoy a trade SURPLUS with Brazil!
>>
>>> Why is Trump slapping tariffs on them?
>>
>> To KEEP it that way.
>
> So . . . you penalize a country that sells you too much stuff. Then
> you penalize them for not selling you enough stuff?
> <snip>
Still waiting for the justification for Trump's Tariff on Penguins...
More seriously, why impose any tariff on goods which Americans want but
which can't be commercially produced at scale in the USA? Because when
there is no feasible "on-shoring" opportunity, it is purely a tax grab.
-hh