Well that is what Limbaugh and t he WSJ op ed pages say, but in historical reality, that is far from being the truth. Tariffs are in fact specifically mentioned in the constitution. Tariffs were used in pre FDR America, when the US govrenmnet in terms of economics was libertarian in nature. It is amazing how bankrupt mainstream "conservatism" is now.
Well, not to burst your bubble but I happen to live through some of that protectionism. When you went to the buy a pair of shoes you didn't get much choice. You got the protected brand. The rest were too high so they weren't stocked. then the protected brand increased the price to slightly under the others. A good pair of shoes in the 40's and 50's cost a lot of money.