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Message: <blockquote data-quote="spokey9" data-source="post: 8884646" data-attributes="member: 685744"><p>If the tariff is only to raise revenue for the government then it's trash and not even remotely how a tariff should be used...but you're still only arguing the revenue side of a tariff...again not all benefits from a tariff are economic...they can be used a negotiating tactic to gain a more favorable negotiation in other areas. Mexico can't afford a 25% tariff on their goods, their economy is too small to absorb that hit. So you threaten or implement the tariff to gain leverage in other areas such as immigration and drugs...it puts their skin in the game instead of just enabling a problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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