Reply #22: Tariffs will not cure American Corporations greed. [View All]

[westerebus]

Every tax corporations pay in this country comes out of our pockets. Tariffs will be no different. The bailout for the big 3 is the shift of the pension and health care costs to you and me. It's not going to make the big 3 competitive until they cut the workforce by a third. Tariffs are not going to stop that from happening.

Boeing SELLS the technology and permits to produce aircraft and parts. They set the world standard for quality aircraft. Without competition and open markets and the rule of law like trade agreements, there would be less jobs, less freedom, less democracy. Tariffs do not help.

The Farm Bill, the Energy Bill, the National Defense Bill and on and on are subsides for American industry. Our tax dollars at work. Boeing develops new technology through defense appropriations and sells a version of this technology to the world market. We need to get our act together and put national health care as a right for all Americans. Blaming China or Japan for what we have allowed is not going to change what we need to do here.