America had tariffs as its main source of funding the government for it's first 120 years and that's how it became the worlds power.
there was no income tax nor the many taxes we have now. The media wants the USA destroyed.
Then they came up with the income tax to replace tariffs and now we have China making everything .
That’s a whole different time. No income tax, no daily global trade. The US generates much more output than we consume—which requires global trade and is a big part of why we are so prosperous.
We need to level out the trade playing field, but not with tariffs, which will only invite counter-tariffs and shrink our trade and our wealth.
Jeesh!