(11-06-2020, 03:23 PM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote:

(11-06-2020, 03:12 PM)mikesez Wrote: That's negotiable, in my book.
I'd prefer to lower taxes.  
I'd put the tariff money into the social security trust fund, then I would eliminate social security taxes on the first few thousand dollars of people's annual income.  Whatever made the thing revenue-neutral.

So you think your Federal government is going to use income from tariffs to lower your taxes? Don't you know our government has a spending problem that is never going to stop? 

Maybe you are a conservative at heart. Who knew...

I don't think the Democrats would ever cancel or reduce an existing tax, no.
They'd create the new tax without taking any old ones away.
But the Republicans (other than Trump) would never create the new tax or tariff in the first place.  
We need both parties, unfortunately.
They both have to have some power, and they have to deal fairly and sincerely with each other while they have that power.
Last time that happened was like 2002, so, don't hold your breath, but, it's the ideal and we have to hold it up as the ideal.
Otherwise, if we only let stuff get done while one party has a trifecta, that's an awfully bumpy, rickety ride for everyone.

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