Re:How to lower the price of plant-based meat
by lordgrenville on Sunday February 07, 2021 @07:40AM
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Tariffs are a much worse idea than direct subsidies to farmers. If you want people to buy American garlic, pay US farmers to sell it for cheaper than the Chinese garlic. A tariff is a regressive tax that makes life harder for the poor.
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Re:How to lower the price of plant-based meat
by socialdemocrat on Sunday February 07, 2021 @12:03PM
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Where do you think money for subsidies come from?
Money has to come from taxes or cuts somewhere else. Likewise a tariff gives money which could be spent elsewhere.
Hence a tariff one place could be used to create tax cuts or provide other benefits in another area.
In this case what matters is if you actually have a government which is trying to look out for the poor.
Re:How to lower the price of plant-based meat
by bushbaba on Sunday February 07, 2021 @11:16AM
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You assume the us needs to export food outside of North America.
America and/or North America is big enough of a domestic market to not need to export food.
Europe already has import tariffs on many American goods. Any broad import tariff actually benefits Americans more than it harms.