Donald Trump is fooling either himself or his countrymen in his claim that America has "taken in billions and billions of dollars in tariffs from China and from others". In actuality, “tariffs on Chinese imports are paid by Americans, not by the Chinese or their government", as pointed out by Johns Hopkins University applied economics professor Steve Hanke, a member of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Ronald Reagan.
So is any other tax. Do we think a tariff tax is somehow worse than an income tax or a sales tax? The Left wants higher taxes, so why is there a problem all of a sudden? Oh, I forget, it's anti-globalization.
