Why You Should Care: Solar Panel Protectionism (E17)

As America struggles to kick-start its economy, Tim tries to explain why solar panel tariffs should interest his metallic friend and shed light on US protectionism. Tim Kirby’s channel: www.youtube.com Why You Should Care on our website: rt.com Why You Should Care on YouTube: www.youtube.com Subscribe to RT! www.youtube.com Like us on Facebook www.facebook.com Follow us on Twitter twitter.com Follow us on Google+ plus.google.com RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 500 million YouTube views benchmark.

25 thoughts on “Why You Should Care: Solar Panel Protectionism (E17)”

  1. I, too, used to be very skeptical.

    I believed that so-called “holocaust deniers” were evil or crazy or something.

    If that particular documentary (“One Third Of The Holocaust”) isn’t right for you, please consider checking out the following documentaries on YouTube:

    1) “Spielberg’s Hoax: The Last Days Of The Big Lie”

    2) “David Cole in Auschwitz”

    3) “Holocaust, Hate Speech & Were the Germans so Stupid? (Anthony Lawson)”

    Keep searching and keep asking questions.

  2. So-called “holocaust deniers” do not dispute that many Jews died during WW2.

    Reasonable estimates suggest that hundreds of thousands of Jews died, but there is not one Jew that can be demonstrated to have been gassed.

    There is no alleged homicidal gas-chamber that withstands forensic scrutiny.

    If you are interested, here is a documentary that debunks “holocaust” myths:

    “One Third Of The Holocaust”

    /watch?v=bzBpcuE8mpc

  3. maybe im dumb but i went to the holocaust museum in washington DC when i was a kid filled with artifacts, and my best friends grandfather was a holocaust survivor– is this all some big conspiracy?

  4. Wall Street was directed not to support Chinese Solars period even if they traded below cash in the bank.

  5. Tariffs benefit the business being protected and its employees. Without tariffs many domestic companies would go out of business, thus mass unemployment.

  6. I bet if you trace the tariff money from collection point to end point you will discover that it finds it’s way into the hands of the international banksters (Fed Reserve) just like 90%+ of all U.S. income tax.

  7. notthefinancialtimes

    The Great Depression was a global economic crisis that may have been triggered by political decisions (war reparations post-World War I), protectionism (Congressional tariffs on European goods) or by speculation (the Stock Market Collapse of 1929). Worldwide, there was increased unemployment, decreased government revenue, a drop in international trade. At the height of the Great Depression in 1933 . Some countries saw a change in leadership as a result of the economic turmoil.

  8. notthefinancialtimes

    Tariffs in United States history have played major to minor roles in trade policy, political debates and the nation’s economic history. The 1st United States Congress, wanting a straight forward tax that was not too onerous and easy to collect, passed the Tariff of 1790. Like all subsequent tariffs it taxed imported goods at their Ports of entry to raise revenue for the federal government.

  9. Tariffs would keep transnationals from shipping jobs to China. Once they see they will be slapped with traffics it will be a disincentive to using slave-wage labor. Now wages will grow in the US since being stagnant from the late 1970s.

  10. All your “what about”s are part of my worries to. Raising tariffs now is impossible anyway, it’s too late. As long as wars are financed by banksters what can we expect? More wars. I believe in eating only what grows in my area. The transportation is a stupidity but hey, all the trains and puplic services of transportation were sold to GM back then so, what can you expect but more cars & trucks & roads? Rare metals is a plague for Africa but, very few know the trouble their phones create…

  11. I see your point. I often question whether these types of solutions really work. I do have my reservations however. There are many things that factor into the US’s problems. Is really raising tariffs the answer?What about the trillion dollars spent over in Iraq? What about your country importing fruits from South America rather than support local farmers?What about the rare metals required to make USB, HDMI and semiconductors? Don’t we have to deal w/ China anyways. Anyhoo, no more space 2 type.

  12. I hope you realize you are talking like a consumer… That’s the problem… To make an evaluation from the point of vue of a consumer is always foggy. You don’t want to pay the real price and that’s because you were never near someone who creates wealth with his mind and his hands. You don’t know the value of things. Not your fault and even my best explanation cannot fill the gap between you and me. Anyway best of luck to you…

  13. Hey, China is also cheating they have fixed rate on their money, that means that 1 yuan is crappy money only in Europe and US, in China it is much more, this means that externally they are very cheap, but internally what they get is more than enough. If they would traded yuan on free market it would skyrocket in price and their products would be expensive. Taxing Chinese imports is right thing to do.

  14. I don’t like this format. Tim start talking to adults when you are discussing serious subjects. RT please drop this show. btw, Tim I like your Russian videos and your radio show in Russia, but this stuff sucks.

  15. we’ve been hit by the anti-semite bug.

    we dont hate jews because they are making the world a worse place.

    its an illness, we need treatment!!!

    and they are making it a horrible place…

  16. Europe needs laws like that because europe cant handle themself. All you need to do is read rt comments to see this

  17. Especially when it’s the Jews that have done the wrong doing.Starting with the 66,000,000 in Russia.

  18. I dont see where this report is kicking at. If they are trying to make the public think tariffs are good, then they arent always. Too many tariffs lead to isolationism, Russia has too many tariffs thus their population pretty much doesnt grow [indicated bad economy]. If their tryin to ridicule USA for using tariffs as a way of cheating, then RT should stop being so hypocritical, russia has much more tariffs [cheats]. Whatever it is they want the public to think its still brainwashing, RT=kremlin

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