FYI- If we want to lower inflation then tarrifs might do the opposite, it will probably increase prices instead!

Tariffs drive investment in our own country. Locally made products are what we're after. If you want to lower inflation, you dial back government spending. One of the ways inflation happens is when the money supply grows too large relative to the economy. That's what happened under the last administration.

That's a good point. Tariffs can often have the opposite effect by raising prices rather than lowering them. In the case of maple syrup from Canada, if tariffs are imposed, it could increase the cost for both producers and consumers. It highlights the potential downside of using tariffs as a tool to combat inflation. Instead, focusing on supply-side policies or other measures that don't disrupt trade flows might be more effective in the long run.

You do not know what you are talking about.

Inflation is a matter of the MONEY SUPPLY. It's too many dollars chasing too few goods.
Inflation can ONLY be created IN Washington, BY Washington.

https://www.heritage.org/budget-and-spending/heritage-explains/the-real-story-behind-inflation

Milton Friedman famously said: “Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon, in the sense that it is and can be produced only by a more rapid increase in the quantity of money than in output.” Of course, we all know the driver of the quantity of money is government spending priorities, and recently the government has been spending a lot. So what does that mean for the American people? On this episode, we talk about the basics of inflation, what it means for your pocket book, your gas tank, and your grocery bill. This episode shows what happens when too many dollars chase too few goods.

I don't believe that these few tariffs are the major cause of inflation. It's just the scapegoat.
The government can control alot of causes for inflation which they don't.
Many companies are price fixing these days and colluding and they aren't being called out for it which our government should do also.
AI tools are being used by various industries to price fix and many companies are claiming that they have a right to use industry standard tools.
Agriculture pricing has been fixed. The DOJ sued the AI stats company called AgriStats in 2023 for selling this data to big industrial companies like Tyson, Smithfield Farms etc for violating anti trust laws to keep food prices fair. They can all see in real time what each other is charging and set pricing.
Tyson alone is set to make 2.2 billion this year up from 1.8 billion last year.
That kind of growth doesn't have to do with tariffs.
It has to do with monopolies and price fixing.

You’re assuming Canada is the only producer of maple syrup. Tariffs open up new markets . We may be buying it from Norway for cheaper .

Thats correct tarriffs make the product cost more for the consumer. Tarriffs are supposed to make domestic products more attractive to the consumer bc those demostic products are cheaper by comparison.
Its unlikely to work but what else do we expect from a post retirement age (con man)

In the short run, possibly. In the long run it’ll spur domestic production, lower prices, build American jobs and increase security, both economic and military.

Costs go to consumers, it's a regressive kind of tax.
But plans to cut costs, plans to make our lives affordable - end right there, pal! I dare you to try to make the solutions,- obvious solutions to me,- part of this discussion! NEVER ever,! That's not done.

Yes. I would think that was totally obvious. But someone has to pay for those tax cuts to the rich. I am afraid that the way America runs is now FUBAR and wont be fixed until there is some "discontinuous change"😷

There's plenty of maple syrup available from all parts of New England.

Except this isn't really F anyone's I. It's f people who are going to scoff at the possibility of the obvious and imminent and then point the finger at DEI policies when it all comes crashing down around them. So... FYSATPOTOAIATPYFADEIPWIACCDAY. I like how the rolls of the tongue

It's a tax on the consumer.

For who?

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