Ferris Bueler basic economics
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If people pay higher taxes for buying local goods than for buying goods from far away then it will discourage buying from local businesses which will reduce economic independence from foreign countries
If their must be taxes it is better to have a tariff than a tax on buying local goods if you do not wish to be controlled by foreign powers
Taxes are a way to trick people into working for other people who they would otherwise refuse to work for
@shortstories Personally I agree with US tariffs.
Prices for goods in the US are too cheap which causes americans to consume too much of basically everything, effectively crowding out other buying countries. As they lose their purchasing power, it will be relatively cheaper for all other countries to competitively buy all the goods that would have gone to the US due to their current higher purchasing power.
Taxes are always about redistribution of wealth in the end.