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Justin Amash
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US House candidate, MI-3

I defend #liberty and explain every vote at http://facebook.com/justinamash  • 'Laws must be general, equal, and certain.' —F.A. Hayek

Third District of Michigan
Joined January 2011

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    Justin Amash‏Verified account @justinamash Mar 8
    US House candidate, MI-3

    A U.S. tariff is a tax on Americans. It is among the most egregious of taxes, levied not for revenue raising but rather for social engineering and corporate welfare—benefiting the few at the expense of millions of Americans.

    2:00 PM - 8 Mar 2018
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      2. CO Conservative  🇺🇸‏ @Colorado_Right Mar 8
        Replying to @justinamash

        Yeah, kinda like subsidies are a tax on all who don't receive them, and yet have to pay them. Right? Like farm and energy subsidies? #hypocrite

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      3. Justin Amash‏Verified account @justinamash Mar 8
        US House candidate, MI-3
        Replying to @Colorado_Right

        Right. When have I supported farm and energy subsidies? You must be new here.

        2 replies 7 retweets 39 likes
      4. CO Conservative  🇺🇸‏ @Colorado_Right Mar 9
        Replying to @justinamash

        Never voted for the farm bill or any wind, solar, or ethanol subsidies?

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Justin Amash‏Verified account @justinamash Mar 9
        US House candidate, MI-3
        Replying to @Colorado_Right

        No, I haven’t.

        0 replies 1 retweet 17 likes
      6. End of conversation
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      2. PollyGraphic‏ @PollySpin Mar 8
        Replying to @justinamash

        The second bill George Washington signed was a tariff bill

        2 replies 8 retweets 23 likes
      3. PollyGraphic‏ @PollySpin Mar 8
        Replying to @PollySpin @justinamash

        Imposing strict standards on American businesses then importing goods from companies and countries that don't have to meet those standards is actually picking winners and losers.

        2 replies 18 retweets 36 likes
      4. Nitetrain‏ @Nitetrain_1 Mar 8
        Replying to @PollySpin @GenAugustoP @justinamash

        This the best case I've seen in favor of tariffs. We do have high standards, that must be met under penalty of law. If China/India had to meet those same standards their prices would increase.

        1 reply 2 retweets 6 likes
      5. Nitetrain‏ @Nitetrain_1 Mar 8
        Replying to @Nitetrain_1 @PollySpin and

        Do we enact tariffs, or demand other countries meet our standards for employees, social programs, ect.? How do achieve a truly equal trade?

        3 replies 4 retweets 6 likes
      6. PollyGraphic‏ @PollySpin Mar 8
        Replying to @Nitetrain_1 @GenAugustoP @justinamash

        I tagged you at the end of a thread I did the other day, rather than rehash it here

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      7. Nitetrain‏ @Nitetrain_1 Mar 8
        Replying to @PollySpin @GenAugustoP @justinamash

        Yeah, I read it before. It's why I think pointing out all the hidden costs mandated by our gov, is the best case for tariffs, and I'm not big on tariffs. Those extra costs aren't something people think about.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      8. End of conversation
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      2. Tom Richardson‏ @cascadetommy Mar 10
        Replying to @justinamash

        Speaking of corporate welfare, let me cite UMich econ PhD @DeanBaker13 on perhaps the largest example of corporate welfare: "eliminating patent and related protections on prescription drugs would likely [save] more than $370 billion a year or 1.9 percent of GDP."

        1 reply 9 retweets 17 likes
      3. semironic‏ @semironic Mar 10
        Replying to @cascadetommy @DeanBaker13 @justinamash

        He also wrote this about the likely minimal effect of these tariffs:http://cepr.net/blogs/beat-the-press/down-on-the-farm-more-hysteria-about-steel-tariffs …

        1 reply 3 retweets 1 like
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      2. Massie's Lassies‏ @MassiesLassies Mar 8
        Replying to @justinamash

        Taxation is Theft and tariffs are too! 😁

        2 replies 7 retweets 18 likes
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      2. ES‏ @ericswerdlin Mar 8
        Replying to @justinamash

        Expect nothing less from a Republican administration.

        4 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. Cochise‏ @CaseyAncap Mar 8
        Replying to @ericswerdlin @justinamash

        Easy to criticize when youre ignorantpic.twitter.com/Sw0gxewVjA

        4 replies 2 retweets 13 likes
      4. Nick Armstrong‏ @nickarmstronggr Mar 8
        Replying to @CaseyStrait44 @AlwaysResist and

        Equating tariffs on manufactured goods with tariffs on raw materials is textbook ignorance.

        4 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
      5. CFB Data Lab‏ @redmondlonghorn Mar 8
        Replying to @nickarmstronggr @AlwaysResist and

        I am not sure that is true, but steel isn't a raw material, in any case.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. ES‏ @ericswerdlin Mar 8
        Replying to @redmondlonghorn @nickarmstronggr and

        No, but it's an input to many other products.

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      7. David Lancaster‏ @d_lancaster04 Mar 8
        Replying to @ericswerdlin @redmondlonghorn and

        And tires aren’t? Lol

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      8. CFB Data Lab‏ @redmondlonghorn Mar 8
        Replying to @d_lancaster04 @ericswerdlin and

        Uh, tires may be a component or a replacement part, but they aren't really an input. Not that it really matters that much, tariffs are bad policy either way.

        1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
      9. David Lancaster‏ @d_lancaster04 Mar 8
        Replying to @redmondlonghorn @ericswerdlin and

        Doesn’t matter, I guess was my ultimate point. Agree, tariffs are terrible.

        0 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      10. End of conversation

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