I never said you STATED it, onlt that you do.
I do favor government using tariffs to offset the labor cost advantage foreign nations have vrs American labor. And it is true that such a policy would have the effect of raising the price of foreign goods in the US market.
Now you said it again. Government sets the prices by using tariffs in many cases. Goverment set prices. Get it?
But that not the same, nor even close to direct price controls.
LOL, direct? LOL, man take off that hat and quit dancing Mr. Bojangles.
You are truly pathetic.
No, Government protects the economy with tarrifs by preventing subversion through dumping. That was the intent of the founders in laying tarrifs and the government supported itself off those tariffs as a result. Our defense from subversion became a strength to profit from. Your approach now is the exact opposite and you call our founding fathers "socialists" by extending such terms to those who do today what they did back then. The argument is specious and fraudulent, to say nothing of beligerant. It is the stuff of communist propaganda. And it comes from the likes of you - claiming conservatism.
Insults are a poor tactic in debates, and frowned upon by the mods here. You made a claim and after many posts have utterly failed to back it up. Now you saying you can mind read, and that maybe I didn't state it but in mind I believe in government price controls. Then you call me pathetic? hahahaha, you are a funny guy.