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jordan_reid_zis
Obama tariff decission... what do you think?
Sep 22 2009, 4:06 AM EDT | Post edited: Sep 22 2009, 4:06 AM EDT
Obama cleverly aligned himself with a number of very politically central politicians throughout his election; this was done to assure that he would apeal to the largest number of people. Now however, the pressure is being put on him by both sides of the democrates, some want to see him lower tariffs to make consumer goods from abroad cheaper, thus potentially increasing consumer spending. While the other side argue that he should increase the tariffs to protect US jobs, thus protecting the US from further unemployment issues, however this would harm the comsumer, and potentially slow down the consumer spending. Which one do you think is the best choice?

Now that you have ha time to decide, I will tell you what he did. Obama has recently answered all questions by puting a high tariff on tires being imported from China; this is one product, however it may tell us a lot about his future plans. I find this an interesting choice, what do you think? Do you find this valuable?    

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