(August 9, 2018 at 1:04 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote:(August 9, 2018 at 12:58 pm)alpha male Wrote: I never argued that Canada shouldn't have subsidies. I specifically said that it's their own business whether to do so or not.
I wasn't accusing you of hypocrisy, I was saying that Trump's policies and rhetoric were hypocritical. If I misspoke, I apologize.
(ETA: Since Trump's tax cuts applied across the board, and not all foreign imports from all nations are subsidized, it still amounts to hypocrisy for him to say that he is simply trying to level the playing field.)
Yet his voters do not understand that billionaire tax breaks SWAMP any of the crumbs the working class would get. That creates long term debt.
On top of that the tariffs 45 claims he'll force other countries to pay, are NOT paid by them, but American consumers because the cost of foreign material gets passed on to the buyer.