Consumers Quote by Albert J. Nock

TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer.

— Ambrose Bierce

Tariffs protect ill-considered government policies, such as costly regulations and high taxes on labor and capital that make our goods uncompetitive in international markets.

— Paul Craig Roberts

A protective tariff is a typical conspiracy in restraint of trade.

— Thorstein Veblen

The truth is that tariffs have a long and storied history as both a revenue-raising tool and a way of protecting strategically important industries…

— Scott Bessent

As history has repeatedly proven, one trade tariff begets another, then another - until you've got a full-blown trade war. No one ever wins,…

— Mark McKinnon

Used strategically, tariffs can increase revenue to the Treasury, encourage businesses to restore production and reduce our reliance on industrial production from strategic rivals.

— Scott Bessent

The problem with tariffs is they shift higher costs onto the backs of non-protected industries and consumers.

— Stephen Moore

I think that tariffs in a way can be regarded as an economic sanction without a sanction.

— Scott Bessent

The benefits of a tariff are visible. Union workers can see they are "protected". The harm which a tariff does is invisible. It's spread…

— Milton Friedman

Many economists and industry experts agree that the United States faces unfair competition and artificially low prices that have damaged the domestic steel industry.…

— Annie Lowrey

In 1833, protection was abandoned, and a tariff was established by which it was provided that we should, in a few years, have a…

— Henry Charles Carey

Rich countries want unfettered access to poor countries' markets, which are often heavily protected by tariffs, but they don't want to give up all…

— Daniel Altman