Wait, did Mitt say he was going to start a trade war with China?

[gulliver]

In the debate Romney said:

On day one, I will label China a currency manipulator, which will
allow me as president to be able to put in place, if necessary,
tariffs where I believe that they are taking unfair advantage of our
manufacturers.

So he is going to impose tariffs on Chinese goods. We sure want Mr. "Change Positions Every Two Minutes" pushing trade war buttons. I guess that is the idea. We want to trust Mr. Bain to decide what is fair and unfair. I get it. He's known to be so steadfast in his principles and fair in his business dealings. Right. Good old "Shoot first and aim later" Mitt. We sure need his input.

Transcript.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/16/transcript-second-presidential-debate/

[Democratopia]

1. What does he think quantitative easing has done to the dollar?l

[Bonhomme Richard]

2. I get it. Right before he takes office buy stocks in ....

companies that compete with China and sell as soon as the stocks rise when he makes the announcement.
That is what he and his buddies will do. Simply manipulate the market.
Of course, I might just be cynical.

[Proud Public Servant]

3. I'll go you one better

Mitt effectively said, on national TV, that on day one of his presidency he way going to take actions to raise the prices of all goods sold at Walmart (and most eeverywhere else). We really should be pointing that out.

[jsr]

4. Eh, the Romneys have finer tastes

They probably have never set foot in a Walmart.

[Proud Public Servant]

5. Yeah, but Walmart shoppers

are a significant part of his Teabagging base.

[gulliver]

6. Absolutely, and not just Walmart shoppers.

Romney could start a full-scale trade war. His tariffs would become a huge indirect tax increase on the American consumer.

But the kicker with Romney as always is that he says he would only be tough on "unfair" things China does. And he is the exact opposite of who we want determining what is unfair to U.S. workers.