Your proposition may be good
But let’s have one thing understood:
Whatever it is, I'm against it!
The Washington Post recently reported that the Trump Administration is using tariffs in hopes of achieving an array of national security goals.
The primary goal of this strategy seems to be to limit China’s strategic influence throughout the world. But China is not the administration’s only target.
For example, Trump has threatened to impose a 50 percent tariff on imports from India because that country is supporting Russia’s war against Ukraine by buying two million barrels of oil a day from Russia. (Before Russia invaded Ukraine, India purchased a negligible amount of oil from Russia. But since the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has become India’s largest source of oil.)
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The use of tariff threats as a diplomatic tool “sent shock waves” through the State Department, according to one anonymous source. “This isn’t normally how it works.”
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Many of you reading this post will immediately decide that the new tariff strategy is a terrible idea simply because it came from Trump, while many others will immediately decide that it’s a great idea simply because it came from Trump.
I prefer to make decisions based on the merits, so I’m keeping an open mind on this issue for the time being. Until I know more about the pros and cons of this strategy, I’m not ready to take a position supporting or opposing it.
But I am ready to take the position that “This isn’t normally how it works” is NOT a good reason for opposing that strategy.
In fact, “This isn’t normally how it works” may be the WORST possible reason for opposing an idea.
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“I’m Against It” was featured in a 2 or 3 lines post a couple of years ago, and I wouldn’t be surprised if I feature it again – it’s so apropos with regards to so many situations.
Click here to watch Groucho Marx singing “I’m Against It” in the 1932 movie, Horse Feathers.
Click here to buy the movie from Amazon.
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