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<blockquote data-quote="farmerbyron" data-source="post: 2837190" data-attributes="member: 4953"><p>Then when it costs you $500-1000 more to get a new set of tires those same Americans will ***** and moan about the cost of living. Cheap imported goods result in a higher overall standard of living than one could afford only buying American made. Think also about how every damn one of us have an extremely sophisticated smart phone. If those were only made in America, only the Donald Trumps of the world could afford them. As it stands now, even the poorest amount us have them. </p><p></p><p> Don't get me wrong, if the American product is higher enough quality to justify the premium, I'm all for buying American. But increasingly imported goods are of reasonably high quality.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Do you think the countries we impose tariffs on are just not going to retaliate? Hell, just last year Canada and Mexico were going to impose a billion dollars worth of tariffs on US goods over Country of Origin labeling for meat. Not even a protectionist tariff. The cattle market was in free fall during December until the COOL repeal was passed in the omnibus. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/wto-says-canada-mexico-can-slap-1-billion-in-tariffs-on-u-s-over-meat-labels-1449508424" target="_blank">http://www.wsj.com/articles/wto-says-canada-mexico-can-slap-1-billion-in-tariffs-on-u-s-over-meat-labels-1449508424</a></p><p></p><p>A fat lot of good manufacturing will be when you get the market restricted to just the US. Also, nearly every country in the world is in a trade organization of one stripe or another. Why should we put ourselves at a disadvantage compared to the rest of the world?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>One very real side benefit of free trade is peace. When two countries are economically tied together it makes armed conflict much less likely. The disagreements between countries take place through diplomacy rather than war. This is a tremendous benefit to us all.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerbyron, post: 2837190, member: 4953"] Then when it costs you $500-1000 more to get a new set of tires those same Americans will ***** and moan about the cost of living. Cheap imported goods result in a higher overall standard of living than one could afford only buying American made. Think also about how every damn one of us have an extremely sophisticated smart phone. If those were only made in America, only the Donald Trumps of the world could afford them. As it stands now, even the poorest amount us have them. Don't get me wrong, if the American product is higher enough quality to justify the premium, I'm all for buying American. But increasingly imported goods are of reasonably high quality. Do you think the countries we impose tariffs on are just not going to retaliate? Hell, just last year Canada and Mexico were going to impose a billion dollars worth of tariffs on US goods over Country of Origin labeling for meat. Not even a protectionist tariff. The cattle market was in free fall during December until the COOL repeal was passed in the omnibus. [URL="http://www.wsj.com/articles/wto-says-canada-mexico-can-slap-1-billion-in-tariffs-on-u-s-over-meat-labels-1449508424"]http://www.wsj.com/articles/wto-says-canada-mexico-can-slap-1-billion-in-tariffs-on-u-s-over-meat-labels-1449508424[/URL] A fat lot of good manufacturing will be when you get the market restricted to just the US. Also, nearly every country in the world is in a trade organization of one stripe or another. Why should we put ourselves at a disadvantage compared to the rest of the world? One very real side benefit of free trade is peace. When two countries are economically tied together it makes armed conflict much less likely. The disagreements between countries take place through diplomacy rather than war. This is a tremendous benefit to us all. [/QUOTE]
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