THE BEST ANSWER. It's pay me or pay me later. The true cost to the taxpayer has to include the cost of imports plus the costs of government. Keep people working is the cheapest solution.
Yep, and probably the only solution. Trade policies that guarantee that jobs will move to cheap labor nations, and then more and more generous government benefits to the unemployed and low wage workers is a formula for continued high employment and continued huge trade deficits and budget deficits.