Donnie took a deep breath, trying not to look at the two big "geniuses" in front of him as if they were idiots.
Oh, wait!
I should call them Wolong and Phoenix Chick!
"Gentlen, regarding your ideas, there are three things I can’t figure out, please help understand!"
Perhaps because Donnie didn’t show that "idiotic" glance at them, Willis Hawley and Reed Smoot thought that Donnie was already intrigued by their plan, and then they smiled.
Willis Hawley said: "Mr. Block, feel free to ask, we will certainly answer seriously for you!"
Donnie said: "Since Mr. President wants to fulfill his earlier promises, can I assu that you two are now preparing to propose a bill for Mr. President’s promise?"
Willis Hawley nodded as if it were obvious: "Naturally, we have decided to bring this bill forward at the next session and then pass it through Congress!"
Donnie continued to ask: "The second question, have you considered how those countries importing agricultural products to the United States might react if this bill is implented?"
Willis Hawley explained with a smile: "Mr. Block, you must think they will surely oppose this bill, right?"
Donnie nodded: "If it were , I would definitely oppose it, so I think they would oppose it too!"
Willis Hawley confidently said: "Mr. Block, you can rest assured, we are the great United States of Arica, the decisions we make, they can only accept and will not oppose!"
Donnie, hearing such a stupid statent, couldn’t help but look up at Herbert Hoover.
With a complex expression in his eyes, he seed to be asking Herbert Hoover: "Don’t tell you picked these two idiots!"
Facing Donnie’s gaze, Herbert Hoover was slightly embarrassed.
Willis Hawley and Reed Smoot also saw Donnie’s gaze.
At this mont, the two began to doubt, could it be that Donnie does not approve of their bill?
Donnie shook his head, of course, he knew that Willis Hawley and Reed Smoot were not idiots, even if their current actions were incredibly idiotic.
But they had their reasons for doing so.
"Gentlen, to be frank, as legislators elected by the farrs to fight for the farrs’ interests, I have no objections, but your suggestion, I really cannot accept!"
This was the reason why Willis Hawley and Reed Smoot kept suggesting Herbert Hoover pass this bill.
It was all for their own interests!
They had to ensure their votes from their constituents, so they had to do things that made these constituents happy.
As for the chain reactions triggered by proposing this bill, whether they thought about it or not, they didn’t care!
"Mr. Block, why can’t you accept it?"
Reed Smoot stood up from the sofa, slightly agitated, he had been belittled by Donnie several tis before, and now he couldn’t hold it any longer.
"Not only are you the head of the largest consortium in the nation, but you also own the largest farm in the country. Raising foreign tariffs is good for your farm business too!"
Donnie gave a contemptuous smile and said: "Why should I agree, right, I ntioned that I had three questions earlier, and now I will tell you my third question.
If, let’s say, this bill really passes, I’ll admit, states focusing on agriculture are sure to benefit from this bill.
But likewise, will the manufacturing-focused states just sit and watch? If you don’t want your bill rejected, you will have to compromise with them.
At that ti, can the products requiring tariff increases still be controlled to only agricultural products?"
What Donnie said was not a prediction but sothing that had indeed happened.
In another tiline.
The "Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act" started to get distorted during its promotion process right after it was proposed.
Seeing that the agriculture-focused states would gain from the raised tariffs, the manufacturing-heavy states couldn’t sit still.
They proposed that the President should also raise tariffs on manufacturing products to protect dostic products.
Thus, a "favor exchange" among the legislators began: you want to vote for raising tariffs on the steel products your state produces?
No problem, everyone’s finding it tough, but you also have to ensure the tariffs on textiles produced by our state are raised.
After rounds of bargaining and exchanges, the list of products for which Herbert Hoover obtained increased import tariffs included more than 2,000 items.
By that ti, Herbert Hoover was already riding a tiger and couldn’t dismount.
The first article of the United States Constitution stipulates that the right to and tariffs belongs to Congress.
The House of Representatives Ways and ans Committee spent significant ti and effort to pass this bill, writing over 11,000 pages of supporting material.
In April 1930, the "Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act" was passed by both houses of Congress and placed on President Hoover’s desk.
Willis Hawley and Reed Smoot were slightly taken aback, they indeed hadn’t thought about what Donnie had just ntioned.
But it didn’t really matter.
Reed Smoot said: "Since that’s the case, then let it pass!
By that ti, we just need to control the number!"
Donnie decided to give up on conversing with this pair of Wolong and Phoenix Chick and looked directly at Herbert Hoover.
"Mr. President, do you know what it ans if such a bill passes?"
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