[Cringing Negativism Network]

I’ve posted a perfectly good solution.

Import tariffs.

Universal import tariffs. On every good imported into America.

No exceptions. No difference between any imported goods. Food. Oil. Manufactured goods. If it is imported, pay a fee. The only discussion should be, how much?

Remember it is a fee on all imports, so that is a significant, and meaningful discussion.

Use the fee, to pay down that 17 trillion (and increasing) foreign debt.

Now.

[Count of Monte Fisto]

There should be import tariffs for certain. But I think it should be proportional to the difference in cost of labor so that cost of the product for the consumer would be the same if it was made here. For example, Japanese workers get paid a little bit less than American workers so the tariff on Japanese goods should be low. Chinese workers get paid far less so the tariff should be high on Red Chinese goods.

We have to be careful though that the tariffs only protect from cheap labor but not from competitive and innovative business practices and processes. Real competition helps everyone, especially the end consumer.

But American companies that outsource and offshore to foreign countries should automatically have punitive and confiscatory tariffs slapped on them.