[hedgetrimmer]

"Tariffs make foreigners share burden of US government. The income tax should be replaced [by] taxes on things we buy and that we pay only when we decide to buy them. By restoring tariffs and duties to their proper role we will also make foreign populations who benefit from access to the US market share the burden of supporting the governmental system that guarantees its existence." Source: HUMAN EVENTS: The National Conservative Weekly (Apr 17, 1998)

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So maybe the globalist "free traders" hate tariffs because it forces other countries to help pay for the stability and guarantees a free United States gives to the world.

Maybe they hate tariffs because it forces them to pay, instead of forcing the "rich countries" to pay the "least developed countries". Forcing us to pay them through USAID and the Millenium Challenge to name a few, gives them control over us, and they like that.

[Gunslingr3]

You are still squirming.
Are you against protectionist tariffs?

I don't mind you fleshing out a yes or no, but I'm interested in knowing whether you are for or against them. You still haven't said.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Yep.....

Protectionism worked wonders for Russia all through the '50's, '60's and '70's.

Think of the benefits that the government appointed "retailers" gleaned as people lined up for several city blocks to get their daily rations...