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Trump believes that the American people are stupid. When he talks about slapping tariffs on Mexican goods, it's about taxing Americans.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 28, 2017
While a sales tax applies equally to goods, domestic or foreign, a tariff is applied to imports, with the US government pocketing proceeds.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 28, 2017
"Tax the other guy" is manifestly corrupt and unjust. If Trump slaps a tariff on Mexican goods, who pays the tariff and the Great Wall?— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 28, 2017
Do you think Trump pays for his fair share of the Great Wall on the border? Hell no. How many Mexican products does Trump buy? You pay.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 28, 2017
Trump's obsession with voter fraud is about the most unpopular candidate in recent history trying to rationalize losing the popular vote.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 28, 2017
The fact is George W. Bush won a higher percentage of the legal Latino vote than Trump did. He had won 2 elections in Texas with Latinos.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 28, 2017
Trump's Mexican Tariff is a variation of the corrupt Tea Act of 1773. When central government taxes unjustly, it flirts with revolution.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 28, 2017
When Trump talks of a trade war with Mexico and China, guess who are the second and third largest buyers of US goods and services?— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 28, 2017
Guess who loses besides the US consumer when Trump picks a fight with Mexico and China over trade? There will be retaliation against the US.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 28, 2017
Trump's war on trade is a direct assault on the standard of living for the average American. Exports are the price we pay for imports— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 28, 2017
Imports are significant resources for American businesses, and our capital surpluses invest in American businesses and finance deficits.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 28, 2017
Trade war shrinks competition for the average American consumer. That means higher prices and a less efficient economy. It can hurt jobs.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 28, 2017
The best thing Trump could do for the economy is keep his hands off it. The economy after the 1929 crash had started to recover on its own.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 28, 2017
The fact is the overwhelming loss of jobs in the manufacturing sector has more to do with rising productivity, not foreign competition.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 28, 2017
What is Trump going to do? Outlaw progress in industrial technology, which brings lower prices & a higher standard of living for consumers?— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 28, 2017
Trump seems to be reinventing the toxic recipe that Hoover & FDR followed in prolonging the Depression: trade war, infrastructure, meddling.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 28, 2017
Under the Congressional Review Act, the Trump Administration can submit to Congress bureaucrat rulemaking to nullify https://t.co/tTQXyq0Nxw— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 28, 2017
Thank God that the judiciary is a check on Trump's autocratic violations of due process. Trump's unfair treatment of refugees is shameful.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 29, 2017
Just when we thought that Trump had ended the Bush/Clinton era, he decides he wants to resurrect the safe zone notion for meddling in Syria.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 28, 2017
The people who cheer on Trump's unconscionable treatment of refugees are the scum of the earth. Trump's political exploitation: disgusting.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 29, 2017
Trump's political exploitation of xenophobia is an abomination, and he has permanently abdicated moral leadership of the free world.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 29, 2017
While Obama remains responsible for enabling Saudi war crimes against Yemenis, Trump rejects their refugees and continues drone attacks.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 29, 2017
I wonder what the libertarians who cheered on "anti-Establishment" Trump now think of their naivete in light of Trump's executive orders.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) January 29, 2017
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