[unseen]

I am not an isolationist. So if you don't believe in Free trade your an Isolationist. How about we charge tariffs on our products and cut our taxes like they use to when the country was founded. How about we let Japan, China and the rest of the world pay for our healthcare, and military instead of our children. What if that causes prices to raise and AMerican jobs to stay home and help support our economy. And what if due to the tariffs our workers can compete on an equal footing and our trade balances actually come down. And finally what if we find that countries become more friendly to us to receive special considerations and do not call us the Great Satan,

I think we should trade all we can I think we should project our worldview where we can. We should not go into a defensive mode but we should not sell Grandma's China for $1.50 on Ebay either. They has to be a happy medium somewhere.

[Echo Talon]

How about we charge tariffs on our products and cut our taxes like they use to when the country was founded.

How about they put 500% tariffs on your oil?

[nopardons]

Oh yeah and Smoot-Hawley did wonders for America, too. LOL