justoffal
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187 million?In 2017 Trump cost South Carolina soybean farmers 187 million dollars. The whole soybean market moved to Brazil permanently.
There was a time when I would say it was nothing to sneeze at but it's not a hell of a lot anymore.
Here's the real question though. If you're so hot on doing trade with China what's your position on their pollution status? See you can't have it both ways. Not only did tens of billions ( not millions) of dollars get ripped out from underneath the feet of American vendors who have the EPA the FDA and OSHA up their ass at all times, the Chinese vendors simply sit back point their finger and laugh while they produce the same goods without all of those hindrances. Tariff was meant to address that problem. And sure it's always going to come with some kind of an unforeseen side effect.
So which is it? Do we subsidize China's pollution and slavery or do we tariff the goods to even the playing field and forward that money to the enforcement agencies?
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