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In a less imperfect world that would certainly be true. In

Posted on: April 21, 2025 at 15:07:09 CT

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one where a foreign country could wipe out domestic manufacturing or production of critical resources, or of wiping out a critical percentage of jobs, that may not necessarily be the case.

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here's an FYI for you US imports in 2024 was $3.3 Trillion - tigerinhogtown STL - 4/21 13:47:04

so you're saying we need to tax people even more? - Seagull MU - 4/21 13:57:39

Just the rich, bro(nm) - Wildcat KSU - 4/21 14:07:57

no, I'm saying shift taxes from payroll cost to import cost - tigerinhogtown STL - 4/21 14:03:49

If payroll taxes are removed and sales taxes are increased, - KCT-BoneTiger A - 4/21 14:35:25

The results should generally be: More domestic jobs, - JeffB MU

- 4/21 14:54:18

tariffs and payroll taxes should be the first to go - meatiger MU - 4/21 14:56:36

In a less imperfect world that would certainly be true. In - JeffB MU

- 4/21 15:07:09

RE: In a less imperfect world that would certainly be true. In - meatiger MU - 4/21 15:17:23

Although we agree on 'decades of showing us how truly bad - JeffB MU

- 4/21 16:28:29

sales taxes are not the same as tariffs(nm) - tman MU - 4/21 14:42:47

They are very similar - sks MU - 4/21 15:17:01

So make American manufacturing more competitive - TigerMatt STL - 4/21 14:20:44

Or by removing artificially depressed prices of goods - JeffB MU

- 4/21 15:17:50

Prices of US manufacturing is already artiivially raised - tigerinhogtown STL - 4/21 14:54:09

oh, so lower the payroll taxes in favor of higher tariffs? (nm) - Seagull MU - 4/21 14:07:23

how did Trump do the tarrifs in 2024?(nm) - CulturedDan MU

- 4/21 13:52:42

I don't believe I said he did. I just posted some - tigerinhogtown STL - 4/21 14:04:37