Comments by "josh fritz" (@joshfritz5345) on "" video.

  1. The point of tariffs isn't really to extract money from the nation on which tariffs are applied, it's a type of protectionism that is designed to favor domestic producers of a given product over foreign producers. Additionally, orange man in particular likes to use tariffs as a negotiation tool in order to get his desired results in foreign negotiations. Tariffs can be used as a method of revenue generation, but like other forms of taxation, the costs are often at least partially passed onto the consumer.
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