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<blockquote data-quote="RobGMN" data-source="post: 8884284" data-attributes="member: 683408">They haven&#039;t worked historically and there is no economic theory that exists that shows they will work. Ask any economist, and they&#039;ll tell you it doesn&#039;t work, AND why. Their mere existence doesn&#039;t mean they work. Trickle down theory exists, but similarly doesn&#039;t work. I have YET to see an &quot;explanation&quot; of how us consumers paying more for goods (the &quot;more&quot; going to our government and to the retailer) is going to force China into curbing illegal immigration, and the US demand for drugs. MULTIPLE times it has been stated here that those things will be the benefit of tariffs. Yet, no one can seem to explain the why, or what will be special about THESE tariffs that they will work at all, much less that they will work in some way to change illegal immigration and drug demand. Be totally honest: Did you simply believe Trump&#039;s claims that tariffs get paid by foreign exporters, and that this will make those foreign exporters get OUR country under control?Consider it a two-part question.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RobGMN, post: 8884284, member: 683408"] They haven't worked historically and there is no economic theory that exists that shows they will work. Ask any economist, and they'll tell you it doesn't work, AND why. Their mere existence doesn't mean they work. Trickle down theory exists, but similarly doesn't work. I have YET to see an "explanation" of how us consumers paying more for goods (the "more" going to our government and to the retailer) is going to force China into curbing illegal immigration, and the US demand for drugs. MULTIPLE times it has been stated here that those things will be the benefit of tariffs. Yet, no one can seem to explain the why, or what will be special about THESE tariffs that they will work at all, much less that they will work in some way to change illegal immigration and drug demand. Be totally honest: Did you simply believe Trump's claims that tariffs get paid by foreign exporters, and that this will make those foreign exporters get OUR country under control? Consider it a two-part question. [/QUOTE]

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