Big Fitz
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Why is there a large tariff currently on Brazilian Sugar imports? Hmmm?Wrong....Tariffs are punitive actions meant to punish foreign competitors and reward people who've priced themselves out of the domestic market.You, like the rest of the right wing ilk on this board, have been seriously misinformed.
In fact much of the development of the US industrial base and economy was as a DIRECT RESULT of government imposing TARIFFS on imported goods.
In fact, the US government practically ran on no other source of revenue for the fist 150 years of operations
Doubt me?
THEN DO SOME READING ON THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY, and after you're done, report back to us on what you found, okay?
Because the last thing in the world, I'd want you to think is that what I i'm informing you about is some kind of LIBERAL DELUSION.
You who have been misformed, and by experts in the DISINFORMATION BUSINESS, too.
Wake up and smell the conspiracy, lad.
YOU are its victim and YOU sir, and your clueless right wing cranks, are suffering from a collective and terrible case of STOCKHOLM SYNDROME
The feds ran on imposts, duties and excises for the first 150 years....Those are specific one-time charges, on specific products and commodities, in order to pay for specifically enumerated federal powers and duties....One such example us the fuel tax to pay for roads and bridges....Don't use fuel, you don't pay the tax.
If anyone is terribly short on American economic history, it's you, sport.
Really Odd-Dude? Would you mind providing some supporting documentation as evidence your expressed opinion is nothing more then that which emits from the rear end of a bull after eating?
You are full of digested bull feed, but very short on documentation, facts, evidence and creditiblity.
To protect US sugar growers who cannot grow it as efficiently and for higher prices. Drop the tariff, and the bottom falls out of the sugar market in this nation.