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That's what tariffs are for. There is no contradiction and no hypocrisy.
Nobody is against tariffs as a concept, every country protects some industry that is deemed critical (like agriculture) with tariffs and trade barriers. What people complain about are wholesale, generalized tariffs on everything from everywhere based on a ChatGPT suggestion.
Protecting a key industry like electric car manufacturing using tariffs is fine, using tariffs for everything because you just learned the word, is not.
We can't have affordable electric cars because Biden wanted to protect Elon's profits.
That's fine by you.
Targeted temporary tariffs work best when you’re trying to develop an industry to catch up, such as Biden’s EV tax incentives to more quickly grow a larger market, infrastructure spending to speed buildout of chargers, manufacturing incentives to help legacy automakers transition, and a years long transition that manufacturers could plan around.
You're giving biden the benefit of the doubt. You trust him.
I see a man who spent an entire year knowingly selling weapons for a genocide. I do not trust him. I do not give him the benefit of the doubt. As far as I'm concerned, the tariffs were to protect the business interests of the nazi Elon Musk alone, at the expense of the American people.
If centrists wanted me to be more charitable toward their wing of the party, they had their chance in 2024 to abide by the Leahy law. They chose genocide instead, and that choice defines them.
Ah yes, the single issue person coming to move the goalposts
I was explaining why I don't ascribe benign motives to biden's actions.
I never said my opinion about that, just said what tariffs are for.
Obviously protecting an industry makes prices go up, that's exactly the intended effect.
The intended effect was to protect a nazi's business interests at the expense of Americans. Mission accomplished.
Among others. Ford, GM, Rivian, Lucid, etc.
The important thing is that electric vehicles remain a luxury commodity.
False. You can get a Nissan Leaf, a Chevy Bolt or an eGolf for under 5k.
Luxury electric vehicles remain a luxury commodity, sure.