Tariffs
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When the only tool you have is a tariff every problem looks like a trade war.
That’s not his only tool and you know that
Besides probably mostly lies, nothing!
So you expect tariffs, whose impact will mostly be felt by consumers, will be an effective method for reducing the flow of drugs?
You think we have inflation now, American consumers are going to be paying for these tariffs!
Good, no one is going to wake up until the fires are burning near our own neighborhoods.
We are in the find out phase and I will enjoy the show.
Let's hurt everybody because there is a demand by addicts for fentanyl in the US. Seems like it makes sense.
Isn't the southern border on lockdown now? At least that's what we've been told. Drugs crossing that border shouldn't be an issue now......what am I missing?
Isn't the southern border on lockdown now? At least that's what we've been told. Drugs crossing that border shouldn't be an issue now......what am I missing?
I think when used in combination with other policies can make a difference
1. Illegal drugs like Fentanyl are not coming from/through Canada; most are shipped via post directly from China.
2. Illegal drugs won’t be tariffed, as smugglers aren’t declaring their Fentanyl at the border.
3. Starting a trade war with two of your biggest trading partners will (a) lead to higher prices paid by American consumers, and (b) trigger reciprocal tariffs assessed by both trade partners that will result in fewer U.S. exports and subsequent job losses.
Comprende, eh?
2. Illegal drugs won’t be tariffed, as smugglers aren’t declaring their Fentanyl at the border.
3. Starting a trade war with two of your biggest trading partners will (a) lead to higher prices paid by American consumers, and (b) trigger reciprocal tariffs assessed by both trade partners that will result in fewer U.S. exports and subsequent job losses.
Comprende, eh?
Sounds smart
You have demand, and you have supply. Demand will not disappear as supply is restricted, it will just cost more. You want to create collateral damage on people that are neither involved in the supply nor demand while doing nothing to curb the demand and only driving up cost on the supply. Smart.
Is that a serious question?
1. Still is coming across the border, and China is not shipping fentanyl directly to the United States it is shipping the chemicals to make them and the majority is going to the Mexican Cartels
2. No sh:;
3. In 2020 the crisis cost 1.5 trillion dollars what do you think it is today
It’s just an absolutely ludicrous justification for tariffs, but whatever.
For starters, a lot of his grammar.
100000 deaths a year is not worth it? How many deaths would it take for you to feel justified?
So how do you think tariffs will decrease the amount of drugs crossing the border?
I think it fools the fools that voted for him, and support his maganazi policies.
Wait... I thought your comment was being facetious. You're actually looking for people to agree that this policy argument makes sense?
The drug war against fentanyl cost 1.5 trillion in 2020? Our entire GDP in the US was 21 trillion. So 7% of the entire GDP of the country was just spent fighting fentanyl trafficking?
I think you probably want to check the numbers dude.
I think it will force the governments of Mexico to do more to prevent the flow of those drugs
So we should just throw our hands up in the air and not do anything?
And now we will pay for the crisis and the tariff. Winning!
If I thought tariffs would do anything at all to stop it, well maybe.
It won’t, so no I think it’s a bad idea.
Or they can just shrug it off. Trump is going to apply tariffs regardless. I have no doubt of that and I’m sure they don’t either.
If I was Mexico I’d stop spilling blood and spending money on it at all. Trump is going to do what he wants anyway.
Crack down on cartels, cooperate more with the government and law enforcement
Well Trump is threatening to you the military on the cartels, do you want that or would you like to try more diplomatic ways
Let’s check how many deaths we have after the tariffs are implemented, and see how effective they are.
And that’s before we ponder whether the blame lies with Canada and Mexico, or with the addicts here.
It took the War on Drugs 53 years to attempt tariffs. Lets see how this goes.
All this step will do is weaken our relations with our neighboring nations and make everything more expensive for American's. It will also increase poverty, and increase crimes of despair and diseases of despair such as drug and alcohol abuse.
All this step will do is weaken our relations with our neighboring nations and make everything more expensive for American's. It will also increase poverty, and increase crimes of despair and diseases of despair such as drug and alcohol abuse.
