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Re:Cecot – 60 Minutes by vmg12 on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @02:13PM (#46368342)
The US has been largely tariff free since the 1900s and it's the largest economy in the world.
Re:Cecot – 60 Minutes by tw04 on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @02:57PM (#46368804)
Remind me where I can buy a Chinese EV?

And I assume there’s no government subsidies to allow US private sectors to compete globally because free market right?

Right?

Re:Cecot – 60 Minutes by vmg12 on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @03:52PM (#46369346)
I forgot to put in my comment "until recently". And the US auto industry does such so using that as your argument in favor of tariffs doesn't really work.
Re:Cecot – 60 Minutes by ethbr1 on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @07:16PM (#46371052)
The 1960s+ chicken tax would like a word. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_tax
Re:Cecot – 60 Minutes by HDThoreaun on Tuesday December 23, 2025 @08:56PM (#46371644)
Yes, trucks are one of the few areas where there have been tariffs. And unsurprisingly American automakers are now completely uncompetitive.
Re:Cecot – 60 Minutes by tw04 on Wednesday December 24, 2025 @12:52PM (#46377634)
You and your downvote brigade can continue to hit my posts but it won’t change the fact the US has been subsidizing our agriculture sectors and oil and gas to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars for a LONG time.

Anyone claiming the US is a completely free market is either uninformed or a delusional nationalist.

Re:Cecot – 60 Minutes by vmg12 on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @09:06AM (#46444139)
I didn't downvote you once, I don't do it to people I'm discussing things with out of principle.