### Comment:
Where do you think people, in aggregate, buy products from, all other things equal?  The cheapest place.  If it isn't the cheapest, you buy it from somewhere else, and it becomes feasible to produce it stateside. 
  
 &gt; Tariffs just don’t make economic sense 
  
 Tariffs don't produce short-term spikes in the stock market, but they absolutely make perfect economic sense.  They are the definition of changing incentives to influence a desired result.

### REPLY:
Ya but it’s at the cost of the consumer. Even if people are buying stateside products, the products they buy will be more expensive, which will decrease consumption. Which means overall stateside production for these firms will also decrease, especially since they can’t sell as much abroad as well. They are changing incentives but they aren’t getting the desired result.

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