[agere_contra]

And yet we still have many who push protectionism: the imposition of tariffs to punish American consumers and to featherbed unions.

It’s insane. The problems with wealth production in America are *extremely well-known*: crushing regulation, crushing taxation, crushing legal vulnerability.

And yet some on this board continue to call for another tax on Americans, and to turn what industry remains into an unproductive and extremely costly welfare scheme.

[MrB]

[Uncle Ike]

” And yet we still have many who push protectionism: the imposition of tariffs to punish American consumers and to featherbed unions. “

Applause!!

Thanks for having the guts to stand up to the Protectionist Bullies (and you know who and what you are) here on FR!!

[dennisw]

Protectionism worked great for Early America. We had tariffs on English imports to help our infant industries to grow. Textiles among them. Protectionism can work out very well...all depends on the time and place.

I don’t oppose protectionism on principle because I have not bought into the myth of free trade. I am not a libertarian. I don’t go for open borders and free movement of cheap 3rd world labor....So why would I be for the free movement of slave labor goods from slave labor nations like China? Screw ‘em!

[BfloGuy]

And yet we still have many who push protectionism

Yeah, they love their freedom of speech and revere their freedom of religion, but question them about giving up their right to exchange their own property without the government's permission and they go silent. Or call you a 'communist'.