[Havoc]

You're looking to handwring about what is or is not the job of the government and in the meantime blame everyone else.
Why do you suppose that is. Political favoritism isn't supposed to be involved anymore than political slackness. But are you now going to say something is the government's fault while dodging something being the government's fault..
Gee, how interesting.

[palmer]

You're looking to handwring about what is or is not the job of the government and in the meantime blame everyone else.

Not the job of government to tell us what to purchase and not to purchase. Typically tariffs are set through politics where powerful industries bribe politicians to tariff their competition. Are you advocating an across-the-board tariff with no loopholes for any "unfinished" products? I wouldn't oppose a small tariff if that were the case, but I still disagree that that's the correct way to curb consumer spending on imports.