Well said. I thought I was on the Socialist Worker webpage for a moment there. Tariffs don't make a product competitive; they worsen an already bad situation.
Sombody gets it...
We should have tariffs, one easy low rate of 5% across the board. They should be constant for every nation and not vary by nation for political purposes. The revenue from those tariffs, with a modest tax apportioned among the states, should finance all government operations (with a balanced budget) and the individual income tax should be abolished.