We need tariffs to protect the coffee growers of the United States

[Xipe Totec]

We have a huge imbalance in coffee trade with Mexico, Central America, Brazil, and, well, pretty much every other coffee growing country in the world.

We need to impose tariffs on imported coffee to help the coffee growers of the United States.

Alert President Cheeto.

[ollie10]

1. I might go into withdrawl......please don't do it!!!!

[unblock]

2. and saffron! he needs the amish vote!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Gracias, senor.

[Fred Sanders]

4. Is it really a trade imbalance when you pay with the worlds reserve currency and buying stuff

cheap, on purpose, from countries with devalued currencies, like China? Like the Trumps do?

Walmart IS China, and Americans love it...paying 2 bucks for briefs made domestically instead of one in Vietnam will be outrageous.

[Hoyt]

5. Better not touch tequila or mezcal.

[MiniMe]

6. Where do we grow coffee other than Hawaii?

And how does that help the coffee drinkers, middle class americans?

[Xipe Totec]

7. The same way as iron and aluminum tariffs, only more painfully. nt

[Brother Buzz]

8. California, but it's prohibitively expensive to even consider purchasing

[Retrograde]

9. I have a coffe tree in my living room

It hasn't produced any berries yet, though, and I doubt it ever will.

From what I've seen of coffee production on Hawai'i, it seems to be a lot of small growers who bring their fruit to a central buyer who then processes them. It didn't seem like a big enough operation to be able to buy politicians.