Raising rates means putting a squeeze on all the individuals and companies in the US currently deep in debt. Raising taxes to pay debts just sucks money out of the US economy. Maybe the economy just does a 180 and exports pick up, revenues rise and things correct. Or maybe the US Government really can borrow forever for free. Neither seems particularly likely though.
Things continue on a course like we see today and I have to wonder if we are charging fast towards the end of the free trade era. The government needs revenue, and they want to do it with taking that money out of the country’s economy. The country needs jobs, the government is worried about deflation and the economy is net bleeding billions due to it’s trade deficit. I’m not really one to predict the future, but are we looking at a big time return of the tariff?
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