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Tariffs poor way to deal with theft
Dan Voss
Nov. 4, 2018 5:00 am
In the 2nd Governor`s debate Gov. Kim Reynolds defended the use of tariffs by President Donald Trump against China. Evidently the Governor never took a basic economics class in college.
Tariffs have not worked in the last century. A fairly recent example of their use was the Great Depression. It is true that China has been stealing intellectual property. Tariffs are a poor way to deal with it.
Why permanently harm our economy for what amounts to little more than news headlines?
Dan Voss
Atkins
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