Tariffs Quotes

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It should be possible to emphasize to students that the level of employment is a macroeconomic issue, depending in the short run on aggregate demand… — Paul Krugman
Tariffs, government contracts, naval and military spending, nationalized industries, tax policy, social welfare, the legal privileging of labor unions were among the means at the… — Ralph Raico
TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his consumer. — Ambrose Bierce
The reality is that until we can agree on a formula that reduces tariffs globally we cannot meet this Doha promise for development. In order… — Rob Portman
If a trade deficit is determined solely by rates of savings and investment, then the U.S. trade deficit will be impervious to a get-tough trade… — Daniel T. Griswold
The "health, education, and welfare" section of government is another boondoggle. First we manufacture indigent and superfluous people by legal monopolies in land, money and… — Laurance Labadie
Every businessman is in favor of freedom for everybody else, but when it comes to himself that's a different question. He's always the special case.… — Milton Friedman
I have ever been opposed to banks, - opposed to internal improvements by the general government, - opposed to distribution of public lands among the… — Sam Houston
The primary reason for a tariff is that it enables the exploitation of the domestic consumer by a process indistinguishable from sheer robbery. — Albert J. Nock
In 1833, protection was abandoned, and a tariff was established by which it was provided that we should, in a few years, have a system… — Henry Charles Carey
Though editorialists at The New York Times and The Washington Post still don't get it, most Democrats in Congress finally do: Today's trade disputes are… — Robert Kuttner
A protective tariff is a typical conspiracy in restraint of trade. — Thorstein Veblen
I am in favor of a national bank...in favor of the internal improvements system and a high protective tariff. — Abraham Lincoln
Legal plunder can be committed in an infinite number of ways; hence, there are an infinite number of plans for organizing it: tariffs, protection, bonuses,… — Frederic Bastiat
U.S. corn exports to CAFTA countries will benefit from reduced tariffs and duty-free access for corn products. — John Shimkus
Tariff policy beneficiaries are always visible, but its victims are mostly invisible. Politicians love this. The reason is simple: The beneficiaries know for whom to… — Walter E. Williams
If you want India to lower tariffs and facilitate more free trade, then I think Indian producers also have a right to enter the European… — Vijay Mallya
Evidence points out that if you raise tariffs too much it will increase smuggling. — P. Chidambaram
The free-trade idea, logically applied, will abolish usury; and with usury will disappear the chief bone of contention between labor and capital. But, just at… — Ezra Heywood
France would be reluctant to embrace any proposal by the European Commission to slash agricultural tariffs if it threatened the European Union's Common Agriculture Policy… — Christine Lagarde

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