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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy couldn't we subsidize the industries we want to grow and place reasonable tariffs to protect them?
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Why couldn't we subsidize the industries we want to grow and place reasonable tariffs to protect them? (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Apr 2025
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Bobstandard
(2,197 posts)1. Oh, you and your logic nt
Amaryllis
(11,072 posts)6. Yes. THey are not Vulcans.
louis-t
(24,581 posts)2. Because that would require a brain
and there isn't one in sight in the entire republican party.
sop
(17,839 posts)3. We could.
Tariffs work best when they are tailored to address specific economic problems. Congress could decide which industries are important to support, either for national security reasons, economic reasons or for broader social goals. Tariffs can then also be imposed to help support those industries.
FullySupportDems
(418 posts)4. Because apparently that isn't the goal
newdeal2
(4,994 posts)5. Like the IRA and CHIPS acts
That hes trying to dismantle.
Bev54
(13,294 posts)7. If you subsidize your industries then tariffs will be placed on you by other countries
The US already subsidizes its farmers. US punishes other countries for what you consider subsidies, such as Canada softwood lumber which is not subsidized but bids on crown land timber. You could also say goodbye to WTO if you aren't going to play fair.
Voltaire2
(15,377 posts)8. What problem are you trying to solve?
edhopper
(37,153 posts)9. Because that would not destroy the country
the way Putin wants Trump to.
Also they could not use bogus numbers from that to stop taxing the rich.
spanone
(141,173 posts)10. He's a wrecking ball....nothing else.