EU vows to hit back over US tariffs as businesses count cost

[Farmer-Rick]

12. First using German is an unfair comparison because they have codetermination laws

It doesn't solve all corporate fraud and abuse but it does solve a lot of it.

Up until 1913, the US had no taxes except tariffs and it worked just fine. After that, tariffs still made up a huge part of the US tax base. Done rationally and accompanied by rational economic policy, it works well and did work well for decades in the US.

No I don't think unions make workers too expensive. I think unions merely level the playing field for workers. That's why Germany's codetermination is so successful.

I really don't see how we as a country can survive on a tax base of overworked service providers income. Corporations aren't paying taxes, the filthy rich aren't paying taxes. The poor can't afford taxes. Where are the middle class, home buying, college educated service workers? I just don't see how that can be successful for a nation as large as the US.