He wasn't for them. He believed in fair and free trade. He thought Tariffs would lead to shrinking industry and loss of jobs.
But there is something he didn't understand about them or about our country. Our Founding Fathers did not want us to have too much to do with foreign countries.
And it is not fair and free trade when those foreign countries do not have the rights that we do per our Constitution. And indeed competing with such nations, buying their products tears us down and leads to the rising power of dictator based empires.
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Let's say we go to War with a foreign nation and win. We are not imperliasts. Occupation forces don't really work for us.
But what if when we win we just staple copies of our Constitution to the light poles of that country. And state these rules/laws are now in effect for your land. Elect a leader you believe in, who represents you, and live and govern by these rules.
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And guess what, that nation is then a fair and free trading partner of the U.S.
I mean, what did you want the world to be like? A bastion of freedom here and headhunters everywhere else?
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I didn't believe in the opinion of Reagans ideas, nor was I swayed by that actors confident presentation of them.
Trickle down economics? That creates a class structure. And that leads to the lessening of your Constitutional Rights
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We have the power to say to foreign countries, get your act together and be good to your people.
© 2025 Thomas Paul Murphy
There is a video on Reagan speaking on tariffs circulating.
I just poke and peck on the phone while watching the baseball game.
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