Tariffs were good enough to support the federal government for 130 years. Ditch all federal taxes and fund the government via tariffs.
The Constitution was great for those 130 years but it's wasn't the Bible and it wasn't perfect. The lines supporting slavery shouldn't have been in there and tariffs shouldn't have been in there. A 10% flat income tax was good enough for God during the time of the Judges and a 10% flat income tax should be good enough for us. It would be the most efficient tax. Tariffs would punish our manufacturing by making components more expensive for us than our competition. Our competition could easily underprice us driving our maufacturing out of business. That's why liberals love tariffs is becuse they would help communist China and hurt America.
We need to go to a flat 10% income tax and eliminate the corporate tax. The government should have only four forms of income: Income tax, land acreage tax (to eliminate squatting), loser pays court costs, and perhaps some infastructure fees. We need to get rid of the massive amount of useless regulation and go to common sense regulation. Do these and there would be no need for trade deals, we could free trade with anyone and if other countries want to impose tariffs on our stuff, let them, they would only be hurting themselves by introducing ineffecienies to their systems.