[Toddsterpatriot]

1. It will help reestablish our dying manufacturing base, thus recreating well-paying jobs for people lacking higher education.

We don't need to do this. Economies bounce back from job loss.

[paleorite]

—Economies bounce back from job loss.—

Technically that’s true. But better the jobs be well-paying manufacturing jobs than low-skilled service sector jobs in fast-food, retail etc. Those jobs don’t really produce anything tangible, and in the case of retail jobs, merely sell goods produced overseas (especially China).