Quote:Here's another good opinion piece about trade. 

 

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/20...olicy.html

 

"...it won’t be the “one percent” who suffer if the populists get their way; it will be U.S. companies with global supply chains and millions of middle-class American workers and consumers."

 

Marty,  the part about the 'tax' on consumers blithely assumes no change in behavior. Also, while I agree that slapping some universal tariff with a high AEF is not only silly but quite possibly illegal, I think the article ignores what fuels the populist support in the first place. The 'middle-class' has been destroyed by disproportionately strong corporate interests for decades, and folks are lashing out at 'offshoring'. 

 

AEF - Anal extraction factor - where Trump got his 45% number

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