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[[Ben Carson|Carson's]] [[Trade]] [[Ben Carson (Trade)| (section page)]] | [[Ben Carson|Carson's]] [[Trade]] [[Ben Carson (Trade)| (section page)]] | ||
===Trans-Pacific Partnership=== | ===Trans-Pacific Partnership=== | ||
| − | *"I support reducing global market barriers and promoting economic growth and jobs through free and fair trade. We create more jobs and economic growth when we increase exports of American-made goods and services around the world. I am inclined to support TPP, but the American people and their representatives in Congress need to carefully review this large trade agreement in order to fully understand all of its benefits and compromises." [https://www.bencarson.com/issues/issue/trans-pacific-partnership-tpp (BCWTPP] | + | *"I support reducing global market barriers and promoting economic growth and jobs through free and fair trade. We create more jobs and economic growth when we increase exports of American-made goods and services around the world. I am inclined to support TPP, but the American people and their representatives in Congress need to carefully review this large trade agreement in order to fully understand all of its benefits and compromises." [https://www.bencarson.com/issues/issue/trans-pacific-partnership-tpp (BCWTPP)] |
*"Ben Carson has said that Americans should have a say in trade deals through their representatives, but he’s not exactly running on economics." [http://www.newsweek.com/presidential-candidates-trans-pacific-partnership-380141 (Newsweek)] | *"Ben Carson has said that Americans should have a say in trade deals through their representatives, but he’s not exactly running on economics." [http://www.newsweek.com/presidential-candidates-trans-pacific-partnership-380141 (Newsweek)] | ||
===In favor of stopping trade imbalance=== | ===In favor of stopping trade imbalance=== | ||
*"[A friend of mine, a self-made multimillionaire who owns many businesses,] has proposed that we place a stiff tariff on products that are manufactured in other countries and are shipped here fully assembled, while reducing tariffs on products that will require assembly once they reach our shores. Given the severe trade imbalance, such a policy would have a dramatic impact on the American job market." (Ben Carson, America the Beautiful, 79) | *"[A friend of mine, a self-made multimillionaire who owns many businesses,] has proposed that we place a stiff tariff on products that are manufactured in other countries and are shipped here fully assembled, while reducing tariffs on products that will require assembly once they reach our shores. Given the severe trade imbalance, such a policy would have a dramatic impact on the American job market." (Ben Carson, America the Beautiful, 79) | ||
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| + | ===Debt=== | ||
| + | *"Now the only reason that we can sustain that kind of debt is because of our artificial ability to print money, to create what we think is wealth, but it is not wealth, because it's based upon our faith and credit. You know, we decoupled it from the domestic gold standard in 1933, and from the international gold standard in 1971, and since that time, it's not based on anything. Why would we be continuing to do that?" (The International Economy) | ||
Latest revision as of 14:34, 29 January 2016
Trans-Pacific Partnership
- "I support reducing global market barriers and promoting economic growth and jobs through free and fair trade. We create more jobs and economic growth when we increase exports of American-made goods and services around the world. I am inclined to support TPP, but the American people and their representatives in Congress need to carefully review this large trade agreement in order to fully understand all of its benefits and compromises." (BCWTPP)
- "Ben Carson has said that Americans should have a say in trade deals through their representatives, but he’s not exactly running on economics." (Newsweek)
In favor of stopping trade imbalance
- "[A friend of mine, a self-made multimillionaire who owns many businesses,] has proposed that we place a stiff tariff on products that are manufactured in other countries and are shipped here fully assembled, while reducing tariffs on products that will require assembly once they reach our shores. Given the severe trade imbalance, such a policy would have a dramatic impact on the American job market." (Ben Carson, America the Beautiful, 79)
Debt
- "Now the only reason that we can sustain that kind of debt is because of our artificial ability to print money, to create what we think is wealth, but it is not wealth, because it's based upon our faith and credit. You know, we decoupled it from the domestic gold standard in 1933, and from the international gold standard in 1971, and since that time, it's not based on anything. Why would we be continuing to do that?" (The International Economy)
