Source: The Dispatch
by David M Drucker
“There’s this great scene in the 1984 film Moscow on the Hudson. The late actor Robin Williams’[s] character, a Russian musician who defected from the Soviet Union, is shopping in an American grocery store for the first time and, overwhelmed by the several coffee brands to choose from on the shelves, nearly has a nervous breakdown. … That Americans can purchase the product of their choice among countless available domestic and foreign brands is a quintessential part of living in a free society. And yet, our leaders in Washington, D.C., have forgotten that. … many economists warn that not only will the president’s liberal use of tariffs fail to deliver the economic miracle he promises, the result will yield fewer consumer choices. That’s academic-speak for: Americans will have less freedom to buy the products they prefer.” (04/28/25)
https://thedispatch.com/article/buy-american-tariffs-protectionism-consumer-choice-trump/