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paleotn

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9. It can be argued....

Reply to doc03 (Reply #7)

Fri Mar 2, 2018, 09:29 PM

Mar 2018

that higher taxes, both corp and individual on employees, levels the playing field, although their health care costs are lower than ours. Taxes to pay for a ridiculously, over sized military and assorted overseas adventures could be an issue.

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Tariffs would aid steelworkers at expense of far more others [View all] riversedge Mar 2018 OP

A Economist this morning explained this Wellstone ruled Mar 2018 #1

+1 dalton99a Mar 2018 #20

Dumping steel hurts steel workers. guillaumeb Mar 2018 #2

A few taking from the many Turbineguy Mar 2018 #3

Tariffs can work if you spend a decade preparing the economy for them. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #4

Exactly - a money grab for those who manipulated Hortensis Mar 2018 #10

The bulk of our steel and aluminum imports ..... paleotn Mar 2018 #5

Companies in Canada, Germany and other developed contries are not doc03 Mar 2018 #7

It can be argued.... paleotn Mar 2018 #9

And we wonder why industrial workers went for Trump Kilgore Mar 2018 #6

LOLOL Skittles Mar 2018 #8

What I know or dont know makes no difference Kilgore Mar 2018 #14

if you learned more, maybe you could EXPLAIN it better Skittles Mar 2018 #16

they will need more money in their paychecks, this is inflationary. olddad56 Mar 2018 #11

It may be Kilgore Mar 2018 #15

"our party" Skittles Mar 2018 #17

Thos "former Democrats" need to pull heir heads out of their asses. Adrahil Mar 2018 #21

Well, if a trade war initiates a recession, let's see how they like that. NT Adrahil Mar 2018 #12

I think Putin will love a reccession in this country. I think it is part of the plan. olddad56 Mar 2018 #13

Putin is laughing his ass off. NT Adrahil Mar 2018 #19

Tump's follies duforsure Mar 2018 #18